New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Oliveb Goldsmith, XL. MISCELLANEOUS ADDENDA. Xjlather up the fragments that nothing be lost.—John vi. 12. ARISTOTLE.* RISTOTLE is describ-ed in ancient works asbeing slender in per-son, and having smalleyes and a weak says thatwhen young he hadgreat hesitation in hisspeech. He was ac-customed to dressrichly, and to wearrings on his wore no beard, andhis hair was cut had a large noseand strongly-markedfeatures generall
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Oliveb Goldsmith, XL. MISCELLANEOUS ADDENDA. Xjlather up the fragments that nothing be lost.—John vi. 12. ARISTOTLE.* RISTOTLE is describ-ed in ancient works asbeing slender in per-son, and having smalleyes and a weak says thatwhen young he hadgreat hesitation in hisspeech. He was ac-customed to dressrichly, and to wearrings on his wore no beard, andhis hair was cut had a large noseand strongly-markedfeatures generally. Fig. 1032.—Aristotle. We give his portrait as it has been handed down to us from ancient times. It isbelieved to be authentic. He had naturally h. weak constitu- ^ Aristotle, perhaps one of the greatest scholars and philosophers ofancient times, was born 884 bc, at Stagira, a Greek colony of Macedonia,whence his appellation of the Stagirite. Both his father, Nichomachus,the private physician of King Amyntas, and his mother, Phgestis, seem tohave belonged to the Macedonian nobility.—]Vn9 Am. 780 MISCELLANEOUS ADDENDA. tion, but his temperate habits enabled him to make the mostof it. He died at the age of sixty-three years. Aristotle wrote on Physiognomy, and though his system,so far as it has any foundation in truth, has been embodiedin later works, it may be interesting to quote here a few ofthe signs of character as originally described by translate from a synopsis which we lind in Thores Dic-tionnaire de Phrenologie et Physiognomonie. Signs of Courage.—An upright carriage of the person;large bones, and robust limbs and body; broad shoulders andchest; a muscular, but not too fleshy neck; coafse, stronghair; a sloping and not large forehead, and cheeks neithervery pale nor too red. Signs of Timidity.—A stooping body ; feeble extremities;small legs ; long, delicate hands ; weak, rolling eyes, and soft,fine hair. Signs of Ingenuity (Inventive talen
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