Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . Mensurativeness Large—Mr. J. Q. A. Ward, Sculptor. To measure and estimate anything by observation re-quires great strength of observance, and it is in that partof the head near the eyes, and in the eyes, that this strengthresides, and it is by the degree of this crowding around theeye that we are enabled to judge of the powers and accuracyof observation on the part of any individual. A preponder-ance of bony ma
Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . Mensurativeness Large—Mr. J. Q. A. Ward, Sculptor. To measure and estimate anything by observation re-quires great strength of observance, and it is in that partof the head near the eyes, and in the eyes, that this strengthresides, and it is by the degree of this crowding around theeye that we are enabled to judge of the powers and accuracyof observation on the part of any individual. A preponder-ance of bony material in the fiice, conjoined to the frontalpeculiarities which we have just mentioned, shew the 204 THE FACULTIES, THEIR SIGNS AND PRINCIPLES, capacity of accurate measurement by a glance, because theingredients are already within the system, and strength ofeye is ready to assist the judgment. PERTINACIOUSNESS. THE QUALITY OF BEING PERVERSE OF PURPOSE, ANDPERTINACIOUS OF OPINION. The power of obstinacy manifests itself by relative lengthin the limb of the Pertinaciousness Large—Charles XILof weden, the most stubborn rulerof Europe, called the madman ofthe North. Periinaciousness Small—Ristori,a talented actress in the Italianlanguage. The bone element being one of absence of movement orinertia, where largely developed, and under excitement, wehave obstinacy, stiffness, or inertia of character. Now,length in the limb of the jaw being an unfailing accompani-ment of this form, we may take it as the true index of theamount of Pertinaciousness present. THE FACULTIES, THEIR SIGNS AND PRINCIPLES. 205
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