New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 457.—Jonathan Edwards. Fig. Butler. other. Stgnewall Jackson could lead in a prayer-meetingwith as good acceptance as in the field. The late rebel gen-eral, Bishop Polk, who was educated in a military school,could preach a sermon or command an army, though not a verygreat man in either Brownlow, of Ten-nessee, w^hose Combativenessis excessively large, can ex-hort and fight with Cv^ualunction; and that grand oldreformer, M
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 457.—Jonathan Edwards. Fig. Butler. other. Stgnewall Jackson could lead in a prayer-meetingwith as good acceptance as in the field. The late rebel gen-eral, Bishop Polk, who was educated in a military school,could preach a sermon or command an army, though not a verygreat man in either Brownlow, of Ten-nessee, w^hose Combativenessis excessively large, can ex-hort and fight with Cv^ualunction; and that grand oldreformer, Martm Luther, withhis immense Destructiveness,w^ould, under other circum-stances, and with a difierenttraining, have been one ofthe greatest boxers or themost fearless warriors of hisage. But these are excep-tions, and merely show the versatility and the wonderful Fig. 459 -maktin Lutheb- power of adaptation of which the elastic natures of somemen are capable. It still remains true that certain men are. THE COURAGE OF THE NAllROW HEADS. 361 naturally adapted to the field, and certain others to the pulpit,and that the signs of this adaptation are imprinted on theirorganization. We propose liere, as of special interest in thesetimes of war, and not out of place at any time, to illustratebriefly the physiognomy of the fighter. BROAD HEADS. The first and most obvious indication of the natural fighteris broadness of head just above and backward from the ears.
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