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 . e unfitted for anything savethe surface of things only. Thus human formschange; the Abdominal, asin the above case, retires, soto speak, allowing the Brainand Nerve form to becomeregaant; and in whomso-ever this takes place, therewill be found inclination tostudy, to behold, to write, toteach, to lecture, to superin-tend or plan; in short, therewill be found the thinkingmind. A large brain anda fleshy body do no
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 . e unfitted for anything savethe surface of things only. Thus human formschange; the Abdominal, asin the above case, retires, soto speak, allowing the Brainand Nerve form to becomeregaant; and in whomso-ever this takes place, therewill be found inclination tostudy, to behold, to write, toteach, to lecture, to superin-tend or plan; in short, therewill be found the thinkingmind. A large brain anda fleshy body do not seemto be able to draw together;and hence, when the Brainand Nerve form predomi-nates in a man, the flesh seems to pass imperceptibly away,leaving leanness and spareness behind it; at least, it is inharmony with observation, that the man of large, thoughtful,clear brain-power is as to his make-up lank and lean. Andso Shakespeare says—Yon lean and hungry Cassius, hethinks deeply and reads men well. He cannot sleep wello nights; oh! that he had more of that rounder, sleeker,fatter head, and could sleep better o nights. The Brain and Nerve form is of all the other forms in the. The Brain Form Tyng. -Eev. S. 86 THE BRAIN AND NERVE FORM. human system the most exhausting; and this being the case,with what solicitude and care it should be watched andtrained; and in order to this, how anxious we ought to beto understand its working, its tendencies; the food bestsuited for its healthy and vigorous action; the recreationmost suitable for it after hard work, and all its other diversified necessities,which, to be ignorant of, isalmost certain to shortenlife. Sleep restrains andrefreshes this form, as doesalso physical labour, whennot of an over-exhaustingcharacter. The other formsof the body are in a senseas important as this; butthis being the age of intel-^ m/ lectuality,it is thought well in this essay to explain itThe Brain Form Small.—Thomas Cribb, pretty fully in plain
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