New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . tively larger development of the base ofthe brain, as well as of the superior frontal region. In the coronal region —the seat of the spiritualsentiments— woman has rel-atively a fullerdevelopment than man. Alex. Walker remarks, that the female skull seems in general narrower than that of the male; and hence (lengthgiving intensity and breadth permanence), all her mentaloperations, though more intense and brilliant during their con-tinuance, have, on th
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . tively larger development of the base ofthe brain, as well as of the superior frontal region. In the coronal region —the seat of the spiritualsentiments— woman has rel-atively a fullerdevelopment than man. Alex. Walker remarks, that the female skull seems in general narrower than that of the male; and hence (lengthgiving intensity and breadth permanence), all her mentaloperations, though more intense and brilliant during their con-tinuance, have, on the same principles, less of regard to the heads of females, it may also be observed,that the frontal sinuses are less, the glabella [space betweenthe eyebrows] less elevated, and the superciliary ridges onwhich the eyebrows rest less prominent; that the alveolaroutline of the upper and lower jaws is more elliptical; thatthe teeth are less; and that the os hyoides or bone of thetongue is smaller. The accompanying heads (figs. 119 and120) illustrate imperfectly the phrenological differences wehave endeavored to Fig. 119.—Female Head.
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