New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . nately exercised or excited^ it is correspondingly developed^and the harynonions relation of the parts is impaired. According to the law of proportion, the circumference ofthe wrist, as we have said, is just one half that of the neck;but where the hand and arm have for a considerable time beensubjected to some exercise or labor especially calculated to de-velop them, this proportion is disturbed, and it will be found a little more than half thesize of
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . nately exercised or excited^ it is correspondingly developed^and the harynonions relation of the parts is impaired. According to the law of proportion, the circumference ofthe wrist, as we have said, is just one half that of the neck;but where the hand and arm have for a considerable time beensubjected to some exercise or labor especially calculated to de-velop them, this proportion is disturbed, and it will be found a little more than half thesize of the neck. So thearms and hands of theblacksmith or the train-ed boxer, or gymnast,are larger in j^roportionto the rest of the bodythan the law of beautyor symmetry same rule holds inrelation to the brain andto the features of theface. If, for instance,the faculty of Acquisit-iveness be excessivelyexercised, its organ inthe brain, expanding un-der the influence of the increased quantity of blood sent to it,presses out the skull, and finally causes, in extreme cases, aprotuberance quite subversive of the symmetry and beauty of. Fig. 101.—Arm of a Gtmnast. THE LAW OF QUANTITY OR SIZE 89 the cranium. Its sign in llio face shares in the extra develop-ment. So it is with any other organ or sign of a faculty inthe head or face. These facts do not by any means invalidate the law ofhomogeneousness, or detract from its importance, but they arealways to be taken account of in applving that law to anyparticular case. IV.—The Law of Quantity or Size. In general terms— Size is the oneasure of power—that is, other things beingequal, the larger the head^ the face^ the hody^ or any particu-lar organ or part of either^ the greater the power indicated. As this is a universal and un-disputed law, it is not necessaryto enter into any detailed expo-sition of it. It is the basis ofall our calculations and reason-ings in mechanics and naturalphilosophy, as well as in physi-ology,*
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