New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . XIII. ABOUT THE EYES. They are the books, the arts, the academies,That show, contain, and nourish all the world.—Shakspbabe. HE EYES, Emersoiisays, ***jpeak all lan-guages. They waitfor no introduction,they are no English-men ; ask no leave ofage or rank; theyrespect neither pov-erty nor riches, nei-ther learnino^ norpower, nor virtue,nor sex, but intrudeand come again, andgo through andthrough you in a mo-ment of time. * * *The eyes of men con-verse a
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . XIII. ABOUT THE EYES. They are the books, the arts, the academies,That show, contain, and nourish all the world.—Shakspbabe. HE EYES, Emersoiisays, ***jpeak all lan-guages. They waitfor no introduction,they are no English-men ; ask no leave ofage or rank; theyrespect neither pov-erty nor riches, nei-ther learnino^ norpower, nor virtue,nor sex, but intrudeand come again, andgo through andthrough you in a mo-ment of time. * * *The eyes of men con-verse as much astheir tongues, with the advantage that the ocular dialect needsHo dictionary, but is understood all the world over. Whenthe eyes say one thing and the tongue another, a practicedman reliet> on the lano-uas^e of the first. If a man be off his *_* CD center, liis eyes show it. You can read in the eyes of yourcompanion whether your argument hits him, though histoiioue will not confess it. Tlicj-e is a look by which a manfcihows he IS going to say a good thing, and a look when ho. Fig 824 —Nell Gwtnnb. SIZE OF THE EYE, 227 has said it. Vain and forgotten are all the fine offers andoffices of hospitality if there be no holiday in the eye. Howmany furtive inclinations are avowed by the eye though dis-sembled by the lips! * * * Some eyes are aggressiveand devouring, seem to call out the police, take all too muchnotice, and require crowded Broadways and the security ofmillions to protect individuals against them. * * * Thereare asking eyes, asserting eyes, prowling eyes, and eyes fullof fate—some of good and some of sinister omen. The allegedpower to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a pow-er behind the eye. It must be a victory achieved in the willbefore it can be signified in the eye. It is certain that eachman carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in theimmense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it.* * * The reason why men d
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