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 . A Scotchman, of Edinburgh, a remarkable example of physical may be compared to the running brook, which iCtO THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRY ON THE HUMAN FACE. is ever pure, or purifying itself; whereas idleness is tbestagnant pool retaining all filth, and ever ready to receivemore. There are many men and women who are well-born andamply educated, but who, not being compelled to labour,settle down into
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 . A Scotchman, of Edinburgh, a remarkable example of physical may be compared to the running brook, which iCtO THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRY ON THE HUMAN FACE. is ever pure, or purifying itself; whereas idleness is tbestagnant pool retaining all filth, and ever ready to receivemore. There are many men and women who are well-born andamply educated, but who, not being compelled to labour,settle down into characterless nothings, and become cess-pools to catch the vices of those who surround , ardent, and interesting labour will develop char-acter, and that character will produce wrinkles. Hence,those who would lead lives of honour and usefulness, shun-ning vice and crime, let your aim ever be to cast off thescum of idleness which only gathers on still waters, nevershading the purity of the dashing stream. ,4 ^. PHYSIOGNOMICAL SIGNS OF PHYSICALENDURANCE. From the Latin word durus, hard, we have formed theEnglish terms durable, durability, endure, endurance, becauseit has been remarked with respect to all substances innature—animal, vegetable, and mineral—that the more hardthey are, that is, the more compactly put together theirparticles, the more wear and tear they are capable ofsustaining. The hardest, and, therefore, most imperishableof all known substances is the diamond; and .scientific menreckon nine lesser degrees of hardness amon^r mineralsdown to talc, which is the softest. Any of these, however,are harder than vegetable substances; among which the oak,ash, elm, chestnut, walnut, beech, birch, &;c., called hardw^oods, have been proved to bear much more wear and tearthan those denominated soft woods. Among animals, wefind those to be the most hardy that have the least softmaterial, and the most hard in their composition—fat beingthe softest, the muscle m
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