New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . REMARKS. The nose is primarily the organ of smell. On its perfectiondepends the perfection of the sense it subserves. The finer,the more delicately organized, and the more elegantly formed the nose, the moreexquisite will bethe appreciationof odors. In the secondplace, the nose isa part of thebreathing appa-ratus. The breathis properly inhal-ed and exhaledthrough the nos- trils. Their sizecorresponds,therefore, withthat of the lungs,and indicates thede
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . REMARKS. The nose is primarily the organ of smell. On its perfectiondepends the perfection of the sense it subserves. The finer,the more delicately organized, and the more elegantly formed the nose, the moreexquisite will bethe appreciationof odors. In the secondplace, the nose isa part of thebreathing appa-ratus. The breathis properly inhal-ed and exhaledthrough the nos- trils. Their sizecorresponds,therefore, withthat of the lungs,and indicates thedevelopment ofthe chest. Ob-serve this corre-spondence in theaccompanying portrait of Heenan, the pugilist (fig. 251), andin all men and animals. The connection is anatomical andphysiological, and if exceptions occur, they are referable tothe law of special development set forth in Chap. III., Sec. reason why the ancients associated large nostrils withcourage is probably to be found in the fact that its exercise,by quickening and increasing the respiration, has a tendencyto expand them; but anger and even fear have the same Fig. 251.—Heenan, the Pugilist. IHE NOSE AS A SIGN OF DEVELOPMENT. 187 Tliirdly, the nose is incidentally concerned in the voice, itsprominence and the consequent enlargement of its cavitieshelping to give volume and manliness to the vocal utterance;and it is because these cavities, together with others in thecentral part of the face, reach their normal development atpuberty that the voice of boys then changes. Fig. 164 (Chap-ter VIII.) shows these cavities as developed in the adult. The body of the nose has but little motion, but we haveshown in Chapter VIII. the provisions existing, in the arrange-ment of the muscles, for the movement of the wings. Theseparts can be raised and depressed, expanded and contracted,and are, as we shall see further on, largely concerned in ex-pression. THE NOSE AS A SIGN OF DEVELOPMENT. Taking a more strictly p
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