Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . elihood. It is in this mercilessexposure of vice, when the vicious could no longer walk thestreets without, in his face, carrying a signboard denotingthe rottenness within, that is to be found the most powerfulelement f( r the elimination of vice in the future. Theseunfortunates would be literally starved into a differentcourse of action, and would be comj)elled, nolens volens, toretrace their erring steps to th
Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . elihood. It is in this mercilessexposure of vice, when the vicious could no longer walk thestreets without, in his face, carrying a signboard denotingthe rottenness within, that is to be found the most powerfulelement f( r the elimination of vice in the future. Theseunfortunates would be literally starved into a differentcourse of action, and would be comj)elled, nolens volens, toretrace their erring steps to the paths of virtue. It isimpossible to calculate the influence which this feature willexercise when the Principles of Physiognomy have reachedtheir acme of development, When Physiognomy is taughtin our schools, and when chairs of Physiognomy are insti-tuted in our Universities, then may we maik the dawn of 38 INTRODUCTION. the bettertime, the approach of the millennium of the future,and a giant stride on the part of the human race in itsmarch to perfection—a perfection which the Omnipotent hasenacted from all time to be the fit resting-place for thatethereal essence, the ^^ ME5x^ (q^ MAR 3 0 1917
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