New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . are agreeable, oth-ers unpleasant. Thereis an art of knowingthe look of good-natur-ed, weak-minded, wick-ed, melancliolic, andother persons. Bacon classes physi-ognomy among the sci-ences, and he remarks,in one of his works, thatit is founded on observation, and ought to be cultivated as abranch of natural history. Dr. Gall says: I shall show here that I am nothing lessthan a physiognomist* I rather think the wise ones havebaptized the child before it
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . are agreeable, oth-ers unpleasant. Thereis an art of knowingthe look of good-natur-ed, weak-minded, wick-ed, melancliolic, andother persons. Bacon classes physi-ognomy among the sci-ences, and he remarks,in one of his works, thatit is founded on observation, and ought to be cultivated as abranch of natural history. Dr. Gall says: I shall show here that I am nothing lessthan a physiognomist* I rather think the wise ones havebaptized the child before it was born. They call me a crani-ologist, and the science which I discovered craniology; butin the first place, all learned words displease me; next, this isone not applicable to my profession, nor one that really desig-nates it.— Works^ Vol I. Leibnitz, Herder, and other modern writers have also treatedthe subject as one of great interest and importance; but it isnot necessary to extend our quotations here. From severalof them wc shall draw extei^sively in the body of our the mean time the reader will have the assurance that in. Fiff. 8.—Montaigne. XXll INTRODUCTION. entering upon the examination of physiognomy, he will findhimself in good company. BENEFITS OF PHYSIOGNOMY. But, cui bono f This question is sure to come up, and mayas well be answered here as elsewhere. What good will it do ? Know thyself! is the injunction of the ancient philoso-pher ; and wise men in all ages have considered self-knowl-edge as the most useful and important of all learning. Phys-iognomy furnishes us with the key to this knowledge. Itenables us to read our own characters, as legibly recorded onour physical systems, to judge accurately of our strength andour weaknesses, our virtues and our faults; and this self-knowledge is the first step toward self-improvement. With-out a knowledge of our physical, mental, and spiritual nature,we must go blindly about the work of developing or disci-pl
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