New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 543.—Sclavonic Skull. 432 NATIONAL TYPES rather small, rounded at the angles, and quite acuminated atthe symphysis. If classified according to its form, this headwould find its place near to, if not between, the Calmuck andTurkish types. A late ethnological writer characterizes the Sclavon as,morally, the connect-ing link between theEast and the West—the point of transitionbetween the Turan-ian and the Caucasianraces. Broad andthick-set, with grea
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 543.—Sclavonic Skull. 432 NATIONAL TYPES rather small, rounded at the angles, and quite acuminated atthe symphysis. If classified according to its form, this headwould find its place near to, if not between, the Calmuck andTurkish types. A late ethnological writer characterizes the Sclavon as,morally, the connect-ing link between theEast and the West—the point of transitionbetween the Turan-ian and the Caucasianraces. Broad andthick-set, with greatamplitude of chest,accompanied w^ i t hshortness yet. muscu-larity of limb; withflat feet, low in theinstep, and a head more distinguished iMSffl[E^T|WM2^ ,/ f o r circumference ^^^M^Mm ^^^z!Wiwt^^^m4if ^than for any otheradmeasurement, hisgeneral appearance is that of an Iranian ar- Fig. 544.—A Sclavonic Noble. rested at an early or imperfect stage of mental THE RUSSIAN. No other empire in the world contains within its borders sogreat a number of distinct races and tribes as Russia. Thereare believed to be at least one hundred of them, speakingmore thaxi forty difierent languages. The Russian, politicallyspeaking, may be a German, a Pole, a Finn, a Calmuck, anArmenian, a Greek, or a Circassian as well as a Muscoviteproper, but our remarks will refer only to the last-named, whomay be considered not only the national type, but the type ofthe Sclavonian race. One of the most striking physical characteristics of the THE KUSSIAN. 433 Russian is breadth. He is broad-headed, broad-shouldered,broad-chested, thick-set, short-limbed, and muscular. In or-ganic vigor, toughness, and endurance he has no superior andperhaps no equal. His respiration and circulation are per-fect ; his digestion, when not impaired by strong drink, equalto anything; and his muscles exceedingly firm and tough.
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