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 . Tonireceptionality Small-J H. Newman, Tonireceptionality Large-Tamberlik. THE FACULTIES, THEIR SIGNS AND PRINCIPLES. 153 The only medium througli wlilcli musical tones can pos-sibly reach the interior and lend their soothing, cheerful,or hilarious effects to the nerves of the brain, is that of theear, and it is natural that the contour of this membershould afford some unmistakable outward indications ofthe
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 . Tonireceptionality Small-J H. Newman, Tonireceptionality Large-Tamberlik. THE FACULTIES, THEIR SIGNS AND PRINCIPLES. 153 The only medium througli wlilcli musical tones can pos-sibly reach the interior and lend their soothing, cheerful,or hilarious effects to the nerves of the brain, is that of theear, and it is natural that the contour of this membershould afford some unmistakable outward indications ofthe capacity of the individual for the appreciation andenjojinent of music. This faculty of appreciation and. Tonireceptionality SmallThe unmusical ear. Tonireceptionality Large^The ear of Adelina PattL enjoyment consists in its power of collecting and conveyingto the auditory nerve by the drum, the sonorous atmos-pheric vibrations of which music is made up, and inaccordance with the degree of resemblance subsistingbetween the form of the ear and. the round curving form ofmusic, the individual is endowed with, or deficient in, thispower of appreciation^ The sound of music is essentiallyround and rolling. There can be no doubt of this. Other. 154 THE FACULTIES, THEIR SIGNS AND PRINCIPLES. kinds of noises are square, angular, rough, uneven, or ofno describable forni at all; but musical tones are certainlyround or wavy, and ears constructed on the round andwavy form are certainly better adapted for the receptionand appreciation of music than those of the square or irre-gular type. CONCEALATIVENESS.—SECRECY. THE INCLINATION TO HIDE OR WITHHOLD THE KNOWLEDGEOF THINGS OR THOUGHTS; THE INSTINCT NO
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