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 . n notions of the here-after to come, when we have sh )t tlie ciitaract of death,the thoughts of many of us ; iiresistibly liveted onthe shadowy confines of that bourne wlience no travellersreturn, but to wliich we all are hasteiinj. A constantturning of our thoughts in advance of time, quite naturallyhas the effect on the U|)per part of the body of makingit incline permanently to an advance of position, and 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 . n notions of the here-after to come, when we have sh )t tlie ciitaract of death,the thoughts of many of us ; iiresistibly liveted onthe shadowy confines of that bourne wlience no travellersreturn, but to wliich we all are hasteiinj. A constantturning of our thoughts in advance of time, quite naturallyhas the effect on the U|)per part of the body of makingit incline permanently to an advance of position, and as THE FACULTIES, THEIR SIGNS AND PRINCIPLES. 2ir it stoops forward and the thoughts ascend, the top o\the head and the upper part of the face widen out, whilethe lower part becomes narrowed down; and it wouldappear that purity of thought has the effect of purifyingand thinning the features as if by the extrusion of thegrosser ingredients. ^STHETICALNESS.—APPEECIATION OF THEBEAUTIFUL. THE APPRECIATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE ANDART, AS THE RESULT OF THE POSSESSION OF THEESTHETIC FACULTY. A high or prominent nose is nMures evidence of a loveand appreciation of the iEstheticalness Small—Kettle, a selfishand cunning Indian Chief, of Wash-ington Ter. ^stheticalness Large—Charle-magne, a great warrior, andzealous promoter of the scieuceaand the arts. 218 THE FACULTIES, THEIR SIGNS AND PRINCIPLES. Love of the beautiful is a rising of the mind abovethe region of common-place and common-looking or vulgarthings, and soaring into a contemplation of the beau-tiful, whether to be found in material objects or in thebrighter emanations of the higher conceptions of theindividual. The capacity for rising above the commonorder of things is evidenced outwardly by a somewhathigh development of the nasal organ rising well out fromthe general plane of the face, and this being the evidenceof the possession of strong power of sensation, we havethe fundamental reason of large -^sth
Size: 1894px × 1319px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectphysiognomy, bookyear
