Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . Sonidiffusitiveness Small—A fiat bill of the duck gives aflat unmusical sound. Sonidiffusitiveness Large—A round beak of the canarygives a round musical sound. investigate any other part of the body than the mouthfor an idea of the musical capacity lodged therein. It is,therefore, by the mouth only and its surroundings, such asthe throat, palate, teeth, tongue, &c., that we can judgeof the ex
Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . Sonidiffusitiveness Small—A fiat bill of the duck gives aflat unmusical sound. Sonidiffusitiveness Large—A round beak of the canarygives a round musical sound. investigate any other part of the body than the mouthfor an idea of the musical capacity lodged therein. It is,therefore, by the mouth only and its surroundings, such asthe throat, palate, teeth, tongue, &c., that we can judgeof the extent of the development of the musical power. DECORATIVENESS. THE TENDENCY TO ORNAMENT IN A BECOMING ORUNBECOMING MANNER. A full eye, accompanied by arching, thin, long eyebrows,are emblematic of decorativeness. Decorativeness is the faculty that delights in an arrange-ment of things so as to constitute an adornment that has u 178 THE FACULTIES, THEIR SIGNS AND PRINCIPLES. a pleasing and satisfactory effect upon the eye; and it is,tiierefore, from the conformation of the eye that we mustgather materials for estimating the decorative capacity of. Decorativeness Large—A Digger, an Indian, of California,adorned for the war dance. the individual, or his power of appreciation in regard tothe beauties of decoration. That kind of eye that isadapted for taking in at a glance, and comprehending alarge range of beautiful scenery, will be found invariablyto stand out from its sockets, and by reason of this con-formation it can turn conveniently within a great visualrange to take in as much as possible of the thing in whichit takes the greatest delight. Thin long eyebrows, again,denote a fineness of organization capable of judging of,and delighting in, fine objects. We have already shewnthat fullness of the under part of the forehead indicatesthe possession of strength of sight, and a conjunction ofall of the above varieties allied to comprehension markthe able and artistic dec<5r
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