. How to know human nature: its inner states and outer forms. ollowing are the principal points of thereading of chins. In Fig. 20 we see the first point to be ob-served in the study of chins. The rule is todraw an imaginary perpendicular line fromthe point at the root of the nose, between thetwo eyebrows. In the normal and averagetype, the line touches the upper lip and we find the normal condition in but com-paratively few cases, the majority manifest-ing a variation backward or forward. Whenthe chin is found to recede from the line, it isinterpreted as an indication of weakness, la
. How to know human nature: its inner states and outer forms. ollowing are the principal points of thereading of chins. In Fig. 20 we see the first point to be ob-served in the study of chins. The rule is todraw an imaginary perpendicular line fromthe point at the root of the nose, between thetwo eyebrows. In the normal and averagetype, the line touches the upper lip and we find the normal condition in but com-paratively few cases, the majority manifest-ing a variation backward or forward. Whenthe chin is found to recede from the line, it isinterpreted as an indication of weakness, lackof stability and firmness, and a general vacil-lating and unstable character. When the chinprojects beyond the line, it is interpreted asindicating firmness, stubborness, and a gener-ally selfish nature, which is consideredstrong by contrast with the weak reced-169 170 Human Natuke ing chin. When the projecting chin ispointed, it indicates that the strength is mani-fested as grasping, miserliness, etc.; while ifit is square, it indicates Combativeness and. Fig. 20 CHIN STUDY Destructiveness as well as Acquisitiveness;and if it is very broad and square, it indicatesthe domineering, bossy, tyrannical, self-willed character. Chins and Mouths 171 The above points regarding the chin mustalways be taken into consideration. The fol-lowing points are based on the shape of theetnn when in normal position, that is whenthe perpendicular line descends in a straightline from the root of the nose to the chin: The narrow-round chin indicates idealisticfeeling not manifesting in decided people have high desires, longings, andaspiration, but lack the will to act upon thesame. The narrow-square chin indicates the ideal-istic nature, accompanied by the will to actupon the same. The broad-round chin indicates substantialfeeling, without the will to manifest it in de-cided action. These people desire ordinary,plain, practical things, but lack the initiative,will and nerve to overcome
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