Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ering to the phrenolo- PREFACE. 5 gist equal facility to read the real elements of the mind,whether it be lashed into fury, and the face distorted withrage, or lulled to a calmness of spirit and placidity of counte-nance by all the soothing appliances of peace and love. Wewould like particularly to see the author of this thrilling pas-sage examining a head when the mind was lashed into fury,and the face distorted with rage; and we would inquire if,under the soothing appliances of his fingers, the bones ofthe cranium ever disco
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . ering to the phrenolo- PREFACE. 5 gist equal facility to read the real elements of the mind,whether it be lashed into fury, and the face distorted withrage, or lulled to a calmness of spirit and placidity of counte-nance by all the soothing appliances of peace and love. Wewould like particularly to see the author of this thrilling pas-sage examining a head when the mind was lashed into fury,and the face distorted with rage; and we would inquire if,under the soothing appliances of his fingers, the bones ofthe cranium ever discovered themselves to be more osseousthan those of the face ? Not far from this stage of the criticism several faces areintroduced from the favorite delineator of eccentric charac-ter, Dr. Valentine, showing how a man may frame his faceto all occasions. Let us compare Monsieur Grenoble, orthe representation of a sympathetic, good-natured, confiding,simple-hearted Frenchman, with a genuine exhibition of thesame traits, and see if there is not a difference. Here is acomparativephysi00redf. 8
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