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New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . o make converts by direct appeals from their ownstand-point. Wesley is an excellent representative of thesect he labored, to establish; Edwards a fair representativeof the denomination of which he was a member. The latterwas more theoretical than practical, but was eminently origi-nal. New England has no occasion to be ashamed of this,one of her chief religious representatives. ••• Jonathan Edwards was born at East Windsor, Connecticut, October 5,1703.
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . o make converts by direct appeals from their ownstand-point. Wesley is an excellent representative of thesect he labored, to establish; Edwards a fair representativeof the denomination of which he was a member. The latterwas more theoretical than practical, but was eminently origi-nal. New England has no occasion to be ashamed of this,one of her chief religious representatives. ••• Jonathan Edwards was born at East Windsor, Connecticut, October 5,1703. He received a classical education, and entered the ministry in 1722,becoming one of the most acute metaphysicians and sound theologiansAmerica has produced. In 1757 he was appointed President of the Collegeof New Jersey at Princeton, but did not live long enough to be fairlysettled in that position. He died March 22, 1758. He wrote many con-tributions to the religious literature of the age, which are consideredas ranking with the most valuable of modern productions in that His writings are standards among 726 CHARACTER-EEADINa. SARTOR RESARTUS. The features of Carlyle are a living embodiment of SartorResartus. Of the temperaments, the motive is predominant,and the mental next. His long residence in the British metropolis has evidentlyfailed to inoculate himwith any one ingredientof character distinctive-ly English. The cannyScot is everywhere con-spicuous. His head andface are peculiar in organ-ization. There are ex-pressions o f harshnessand softness, firmnessand concession, indiscrim-inately mingled. Thegreatness of his intellectlies in his large percep-tives—Individuality,Comparison, and Event-uality. Criticism and analysis would be his forte. Therewould be very few honeyed expressions; very little of thespirit of compromise. This face says, Mi/ will—not thine—bedone. Angular himself, he views subjects angularly, and heis nothing more
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