New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . n, must be developed in propor-tion to the vigor of the nutritive apparatus, comes down by arapid growth, which gives the straight-cut posterior line andthe bold right angle so familiar to us in the portraits of pugil-lists [see our group of boxers in another chapter], exaggeratedby the caricaturists in their portraits of fighting men, andnoticeable in well-developed persons of all classes. But mimperfectly grown adults the jaw retains the infantile ch
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . n, must be developed in propor-tion to the vigor of the nutritive apparatus, comes down by arapid growth, which gives the straight-cut posterior line andthe bold right angle so familiar to us in the portraits of pugil-lists [see our group of boxers in another chapter], exaggeratedby the caricaturists in their portraits of fighting men, andnoticeable in well-developed persons of all classes. But mimperfectly grown adults the jaw retains the infantile charac-ter, the short vertical portion necessarily implying the obtuseangle. The upper jaw, at the same time, fails to expand late-rally: in vigorous organisms it spreads out boldly, and theteeth stand square and with spac^ enough; whereas in sub-vitalized persons it remains narrow, as in the child, so thatthe large front teeth are crowded, or slanted forward, orthrown out of line. This want of lateral expansion is fre-quently seen in the jaws, upper and lower, of the American,and has been considered a common cause of caries of the teeth,^. XI. THE MOUTH. All parts of the face, doubtless, have their fixed relations to each other and to tbecharacter of the person to whom the face belongs. But there is one feature, and one part of that feature, which more than any other facial sign reveals the naturoof the individual. The feature is tJie moutlu and the portion of it referred to is the circle of half an inch radius, having its center at the junction of the two lips, will in*elude the chief focus of expression.—De. Holmes. HE tongue may be si-lent, but the mouthnever ceases to lips are of-ten the most eloquent;they discourse to theeye, revealing to itwhat might neverreach the ear, neverfind utterance in words,Love and Hate; Mirthand Gloom; Dignity,Firmness, Pride, Scorn,Contempt. The clos-est mouth can hide nosecrets from the physi-ognomist. Fu
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