New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 918.—Benj. Frakivlin. of Imitation, he will express something of liis cbaracter inthem, and that its indications are as we have stated them. Itdoes not follow that we (and much less the inexperiencedreader) can tell every mans character by inspecting his hand-writing. Various incidental conditions modifying our generalrules, some of which have already been hinted at, must nowbe taken into consideration.* 1. Education.—Some persons continue to wa-i
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 918.—Benj. Frakivlin. of Imitation, he will express something of liis cbaracter inthem, and that its indications are as we have stated them. Itdoes not follow that we (and much less the inexperiencedreader) can tell every mans character by inspecting his hand-writing. Various incidental conditions modifying our generalrules, some of which have already been hinted at, must nowbe taken into consideration.* 1. Education.—Some persons continue to wa-ite throughlife substantially the hand they originally acquired hj imitat-ing the copies set before them by their teacher. If such. Fig. 919.—G. Washington. handwriting express any character, it must be that of theteacher rather than the pupil. It tells us one thing of the •* In the preparation of the foregoing sections we have availed ourselves,BO far as we deem them correct and appropriate, of the interesting remarlcsof Lepelletier de la Sarthe in his Traite Complet de Physiognomonie. Theyhave been so greatly modified, however, that anything more than thisgeneral acknowledgment is impracticable. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. 629 latter, however, that is, that he has little character of his ownto exhibit—at least, little originality, independence, or self-re-liance. Most persons w^ho Avrite much, soon lose or greatlymodify their school-boy caligraphy, though it may have agreater or less influence in the formation of the individualsdistinctive handwriting, and must be taken into the accountin our estimate of its value as a sign of character. As a matter of education as well as of original diflerenceaof character, e
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