New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . 582 CHANGES OF CO tTNTEN ANCE. wilt tliou swear ! Wilt thou believe me, O reader ?—and Isaw, I heard, I felt guilt and innocence—villainy, with a de-j^ressed, accursed—I know not what. All dissimulation—all hypocrisy—all acting in assumedcharacters, whether on the stage or elsewhere—is founded onphysiognomical principles and furnishes ground for an argu-ment in favor of the system rather than against it. If thehypocritical knave tries to appear like an
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . 582 CHANGES OF CO tTNTEN ANCE. wilt tliou swear ! Wilt thou believe me, O reader ?—and Isaw, I heard, I felt guilt and innocence—villainy, with a de-j^ressed, accursed—I know not what. All dissimulation—all hypocrisy—all acting in assumedcharacters, whether on the stage or elsewhere—is founded onphysiognomical principles and furnishes ground for an argu-ment in favor of the system rather than against it. If thehypocritical knave tries to appear like an honest man, is it notbecause he recognizes the fact that honesty has a certain char-acteristic expression, and that his fellow-men know what thisexpression is ? Is the objector answered ? We must leave it with ourreaders to decide that question; but the accompanying wood-cuts furnish a text for a further remark or two, which, thoughnot essential to the elucidation of the point at issue, will notbe out of place in connection with what we have alreadyoffered. expressions have a tendency, oy means of fre-quent repeti
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