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 in England, every one washes the face more than once a day. Besides, if this were an argument, we had better shave the head and eyebrows as well.

II. "That it would take as much time to keep the Beard in order, as to shave." Supposing even it did, still there is a most important difference both in the two operations and in their results. For the process of combing and brushing the Beard, instead of being tedious, uncertain, and often painful, like shaving, confers a positively delightful sensation, similar to that which one may imagine a cat to experience,

"When smoothing gently down its fur, It answers with a purr, purr, purr; And in its drooping half-shut eye. A dreamy pleasure we espy."