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Thirdly, mere Animal Spirit is sometimes brought under the term

Courage: they are thought to be Brave who are carried on by mere

Animal Spirit, as are wild beasts against those who have wounded

them, because in fact the really Brave have much Spirit, there

being nothing like it for going at danger of any kind; whence

those frequent expressions in Homer, "infused strength into his

spirit," "roused his strength and spirit," or again, "and keen

strength in his nostrils," "his blood boiled:" for all these seem

to denote the arousing and impetuosity of the Animal Spirit.