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 . s gratuitously. All that is needed is the mental activityto appropriate the food for reflection which they present tous on every side. That pyriform contour of the face which is given to it byits being large at the top and small at the bottom, indicatesin the possessor a love of intellectual pleasures. When theface is about equally broad above and below, the personmay, by a careful system of education, develop a
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 . s gratuitously. All that is needed is the mental activityto appropriate the food for reflection which they present tous on every side. That pyriform contour of the face which is given to it byits being large at the top and small at the bottom, indicatesin the possessor a love of intellectual pleasures. When theface is about equally broad above and below, the personmay, by a careful system of education, develop a consider-able degree of enjoyment in mental exercises. The manwho is self-cultivated may be known by his keen andsparkling eye, his clear forehead, his closed and rather com-pressed lips, and his regular and graceful carriage. Mental pleasures, said Colton, never cloy; unlikethose of the body, they are increased by repetition, approvedof by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment. Thosewho participate in these supreme satisfactions have the rareappetite which grows with what it feeds on, and theirsis the supersensuous music of those sweet airs which givedelight and hurt FOKCE OF CHARACTER. He doth bes bride the nanow worldLike a Colossus, and we petty menWalk under his huge legs.—Shakespeare. In the practical concerns of life, success is oftener the resultof force of character than of great learning, polished man-ners, or moral purity. I have not learned, said Themis-tocles, to tune the harp or handle the lyre, hut 1 knowhow to make a small and inglorious city both powerfuland illustrious. There are some men who are the naturalmasters of their race, who, by reason of their quick insight,rapid decision, fixed purpose, and energetic will— Get the start of the majestic bear the palm alone. Since such as these are born to govern, it is well for thehappiness of mankind that the much larger class, who areborn to be governed, usually take pleasure in their subor
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