New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . ean sizeof the American skull nearlyaccords with that of the col-lective Teutonic race, hav-ing an internal capacity cubic inches. We already differ somewhat, as we havesaid, in the general form of the head from our English temperament and in the minuter shades of character thedifference is far more striking. The Englishman is sanguine,the American bilious. The vital system predominates in theformer, the motive (osseous and muscular
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . ean sizeof the American skull nearlyaccords with that of the col-lective Teutonic race, hav-ing an internal capacity cubic inches. We already differ somewhat, as we havesaid, in the general form of the head from our English temperament and in the minuter shades of character thedifference is far more striking. The Englishman is sanguine,the American bilious. The vital system predominates in theformer, the motive (osseous and muscular) and the nervous ormental in the latter. John Bull has more Self-Esteem, Cau-tiousness, Destructiveness, and Reverence than Jonathan; thelatter excels him in Hope, Benevolence, Ideality, Combative-ness, and Approbativeness. We are the more active, keen-sighted, intuitive, impulsive, and generous; the English themore cool, considerate, prudent, persistent, and steady. The American is tall rather than short; has a well-devel-oped frame-work, covered with only moderately full but verydense and wiry muscle ; strongly marked if not prominent. Fig. 518.—American Skull. features : a Greco-Roman nose : rather high cheek-bones strong jaws; a prominent chin; and a moderately largemouth. The average complexion among us is much darkerthan among the English, and each generation is darker than ARE WE DETERIORATING 4uy the preceding one. Figs. 519 (President Lincoln) and 520(Cornelius Vanderbilt) may be considered as fairlv represent-ing the typical American of to-day. ARE WE DETEKIORATING ? It is the custom of Europeans to answer this question in theaffirmative. It will be well for us to look the problem in-volved squarely in theface. Is the Caucasianrace deteriorating inAmerica ? When thefresh blood of Europeceases to be pouredinto our nationalveins, shall we dieout and leave the redman to resume pos-session of his nativedomains ? These aremerely different formsof the same greatphysiolog
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