New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . agriculturist. Man has more power than the animalsand plants to resist external influences, but he can by no-meanswholly escape from their effects. The man of the tropicsmust necessarily be very different from the man who dwellsamid the polar ices. The temperate zones are most favorable RECAPITULATION Tr, T55 to development and progress. The difference?, between theSoutherner and the Northerner may be smnmed up as follows :The man of the North is more
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . agriculturist. Man has more power than the animalsand plants to resist external influences, but he can by no-meanswholly escape from their effects. The man of the tropicsmust necessarily be very different from the man who dwellsamid the polar ices. The temperate zones are most favorable RECAPITULATION Tr, T55 to development and progress. The difference?, between theSoutherner and the Northerner may be smnmed up as follows :The man of the North is more cautious, considerate, thought-ful, calculating, and economical; the man of the South moreventuresome, impulsive, reckless, generous, improvident, andrevengeful. In complexion, the South promotes the dark, andthe North the light. [Chap, xxiii.] XIX. Types of Mankind.—Each race is shown to have itspeculiar physiognomy—its distinctive form of cranium, styleof face, and shade of complexion. The shape of the skullalone is shown to be sufficient in general to indicate the raceto which its owner belono-ed. The various sub-races and tribes. Fig. 1055,—Group from a Crowd in India.*are also described and their peculiar organizations and char-acters pointed out. These characteristics are found to be per-manent, the modifications effected by climate, locality, etc., ^ One of the figures, the young man with negro features, is a Nubian,from the northeastern part of Africa, who has perhaps been brought overas a slave. Another figure is an old Indian Mohammedan. The oldmans cap is the national hat of Sindh, which is usually worn by the people ;it is made of silk and gold thread, and lined with red velvet. T56 RECAPITULATION never eradicating them. A residence of ages in the samecountry, for instance, will not, without a mixture of theirblood, blend the races represented in the foregoing group intoone. [Chap, xxiv.] Our ethno-physiognomical are continued underthe head of Natio
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