New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . us in maintaining his views of faith and prac-tice. Large Human Nature imparted that intuitive percejjtionof character so conspicuous in his writings. He was the op-posite of a thinker, at the best a practical and Mirthfulness were apparently full, givinghim sprightliness and affability, which coupled with large Lan-guage gave him freedom, facility, and versatility of expression. ?? John Caspar Lavater was born November 14,1
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . us in maintaining his views of faith and prac-tice. Large Human Nature imparted that intuitive percejjtionof character so conspicuous in his writings. He was the op-posite of a thinker, at the best a practical and Mirthfulness were apparently full, givinghim sprightliness and affability, which coupled with large Lan-guage gave him freedom, facility, and versatility of expression. ?? John Caspar Lavater was born November 14,1741, at Zurich, Switzer-land. He was the twelfth child of his parents, and destined by them tothe practice of medicine ; his own inclination, however, was toward divin-ity, and in that direction he was educated. He became pastor of the prin-cipal church in his native place, and was highly esteemed for high moral-character and benevolence. The work which has rendered him eminent,Essays on Physiognomy, has been extensively circulated. He diedJanuary 2, 1801, of wounds received during the occupation of Zurich bythe French under THE FOUNDER OF PHRENOLOGY. 723 THE FOUNDER OF PHRENOLOGY. The portrait of Dr. Gall exhibits a fine development of the rea-soning intellect, with almost an equal prominence of the facul-ties of observation. He was both an observer and a Nature and Be-nevolence are strikingly-indicated. Order wassomewhat deficient, andhis writings on Phrenolo-gy, although exhibitingclose analysis and deepthought, are not present-ed with that systematicprecision which a scien-tific treatise properly de- x ^mands. He was a close n^^vobserver, keen and criti-cal in judgment, and pos-sessed of those powers of p^iiff/jiicogent, persuasive reason- Y^^f/// ing which influencjc the Fig. 1027.—Dr. f. j. Gall.* learned and profound. Like Lavater, Dr. Gall had large socialorgans, Amativeness and Philoprogenitiveness being the moststrongly marked. He had more Co
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