New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . es less than the average I have assumed forthe Teutonic nations, * * * * Some of these presentthe most beautiful Caucasian proportions, while others mergeby degrees into the Egyptian type ; and I am free to admitthat in various instances I have been at a loss in my attemptsto classify these two great divisions of the Nilotic series. THE ROMAN. Phrenology and Physiognomy enable us to comprehend andanalyze Roman character and Roman civilization. With aRo
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . es less than the average I have assumed forthe Teutonic nations, * * * * Some of these presentthe most beautiful Caucasian proportions, while others mergeby degrees into the Egyptian type ; and I am free to admitthat in various instances I have been at a loss in my attemptsto classify these two great divisions of the Nilotic series. THE ROMAN. Phrenology and Physiognomy enable us to comprehend andanalyze Roman character and Roman civilization. With aRoman skull and a few authentic portraits or busts before us,w^e could, write a commentary on Roman history that wouldclear up many an obscure point; but at present we must con-fine ourselves to a less pretentious work. Dr. Thurnam, inCrania JBritannica^ gives a drawing and minute descriptionof the skull of Theodosianus, found in a Roman sarcophagusat York, England, erected probably during the third 553 is a reduced copy from Dr. Thurnams plate. Hedescribes the cranium as uniTsiially capacious, its dimensions uo NATIONAL TYPES. Fi2. 553.—EoMAN Skxtll. being much above the average in ahnost every forehead, he says, though not very high, is remark-able for breadth; the coronal surface presents an oval out-line, and is notable for its great transverse diameter; theparietal region (side-head) is full and jounded; the temporal fossae, large ; the mastoidprocess, unusually large,broad, and prominent;the occiput (back-head),full and prominent, espe-cially in its upper half;the frontal sinuses, andthe glabella (space be-tween the eyebrows), fulland large ; the nasalbones large and broad,with a finely aquiline pro-file ; and the face squareand broad. This rude outline of a skull, together with the accompany-ing description, furnish the key to the character of the ancientRoman. Speaking of the cause of Roman supremacy, a lateethnological writer says: The Roman
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