New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . arm-chairby the fire, with grandchildren around its knee, than in theball-room or the promenade. Husband and wife who havefought the world side by side, who have made common stockof joy or sorrow, and aged together, are not unfrequentlyfound curiously alike in personal appearance and in pitch andtone of voice—just as twin pebbles on the beach, exposed tothe same tidal influences, are each others alier ego. He hasgained a feminine something which brings
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . arm-chairby the fire, with grandchildren around its knee, than in theball-room or the promenade. Husband and wife who havefought the world side by side, who have made common stockof joy or sorrow, and aged together, are not unfrequentlyfound curiously alike in personal appearance and in pitch andtone of voice—just as twin pebbles on the beach, exposed tothe same tidal influences, are each others alier ego. He hasgained a feminine something which brings his manhood intofull relief 8he has gained a masculine something which actsas a foil to her womanhood. Beautiful are they in life, thosepale winter roses, and in death they will not be death comes, he will not pluck one, but both. Fair reader, and reader not so fair—maiden and youth— the Secret of Beauty is a secret no longer. Improve yourphysical condition, educate your intellect, expand and purifyyour affections, cultivate your spiritual nature—be healthy, bewise, be loving, be spiritually-minded—be beautiful !. XXXVIII. CHILDHOOD —EFFECTS OF TRAINING Just as the twig is bent, the trees inclined.—Pope. T is in childhood that theeffects of training and ex-ternal influences generallyupon the character, andthrough that upon thebrain, the face, and the gen-eral form, are most observ-able and striking. All isthen soft and pliable. Wecan mold the plastic beingat will. Impressions arereadily made, and as readilyeffaced. In the rapid move-ments of the life-currents,the particles which make Pig. Right Wat AND THE Wrong, ^jp ^^le childs body are quickly changed, and with every change ot matter may comea change of form. If the straight twig may be made crooked,so may the crooked twig be made straight. If vice may de-form, it is equally within the power of viitue to beautify. Any one, a late writer says, may prove the power ofeducation upon the featur
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