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 . tsof Tennessee and Virginia, who ride much on horseback,are usually large, lank, andpowerfully-framed men. Thatspecies of exercise does not callfor the use of the muscles somuch as other labour, and yetis sufficient to make the bonesgrow. Prominent men in ourown and other countries, arestriking examples of the inti-mate relation between exerciseand large Bony , six feet three inheight, rode a
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 . tsof Tennessee and Virginia, who ride much on horseback,are usually large, lank, andpowerfully-framed men. Thatspecies of exercise does not callfor the use of the muscles somuch as other labour, and yetis sufficient to make the bonesgrow. Prominent men in ourown and other countries, arestriking examples of the inti-mate relation between exerciseand large Bony , six feet three inheight, rode a great deal onhorseback. Lincoln, whose early life wasone of much exercise, toweredbody and mind above his , the great Philanthro-pist and Franco-American de-fender of liberty, was one of thetallest officers in our revolution-ary army. The exercise of hisschool days at Chavagnac, his ^^birth-place, developed the boyinto the tall and bony man,whose honesty became a pro-verb. Alexander the Great,Osesar, Brutus, Mahomet, Crom-well, and a host of others might be named who were alltall and bony men, and the ones, of all others, on whomthe nations relied for The Osseous Form Large.—Lowrie Coulter. Copied fromThe Characters of by Mr. John Tweed,11 St. Enoch Square, Glasgow. THE OSSEOUS OR BONY FORM. 77 Strength of bone structure is allied to honesty andreliability of mind. As Owen, one of the greatest Anato-mists of the present centurj-, has observed, The onl}-difference between a wise man and a fool is a few grainsof phosphorus more or less in the brain. - So with regard to firmness and honesty of character, afew pounds more or less of bone makes all the differencebetween an honest man and a villain. Shakespeare wasright when he made Julius Csesar, while he plotted forsupreme power in Rome, exclaim— Let me have men about me that are fat,Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o night;Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look—He thinks too m
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