New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . ^ Andrew Johnson was born at Raleigh, N. T., December 29, 1808. Hisparents were poor, and the death of his father, when Andrew was but achild left the family in straitened circumstances. At an early age he wentinto a shop to learn the tailors trade. His educational advantages werevery few, and what he has obtained in the way of mental improvementwas acquired by dint of close application after he came to mans settled himself when a young man
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . ^ Andrew Johnson was born at Raleigh, N. T., December 29, 1808. Hisparents were poor, and the death of his father, when Andrew was but achild left the family in straitened circumstances. At an early age he wentinto a shop to learn the tailors trade. His educational advantages werevery few, and what he has obtained in the way of mental improvementwas acquired by dint of close application after he came to mans settled himself when a young man in Greenville, Tennessee, and assoon as he felt strong enough intellectually, interested himself in the po- 710 THE GREAT LAWYER. In Rufus Choate we find the mental-motive temperament,the mental element greatly predominating, but the motivealso strongly marked. This combination imparted that vio-or- ous mentality for which hewas remarkable. The organsat the base of the brain werelarge, giving him great endu-rance, which sustained his ex-tremely active intellect muchbeyond the apparent capacityof his vital energies. Lan-guage, Human Nature, Mirth-fulness, Time, and Color werewell developed. He also pos-sessed Firmness and Self-Es-teem in a conspicuous Combativeness and De-structiveness rendered h i mFig. 1016.—Rufus Choate.* bold, resolute, and executive. The back-head was evidently strong, warming up his mentalmanifestations and contributing largely toward that fiery elo-quence for which he was distinguished. See how expressive ! litical questions of the day. His abilities soon made him known and respect-ed. In 1851 he was elected Governor of Tennessee ; in 1857 he was chosena Se
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