New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Ai-FIPES XVI. THE NECK AND EARS. * On firm neck poised his haughty head.—Anok. HE neck, being generallymore or less exposed toview, should be takeninto the account withthe face in physiologicaland physiognomicalcharacter-reading. VITALITY TENACITY OP LIFE. A short, thick neck indi-cates closeness of connectionbetween the base of thebrain and the vital organs,ample provisions f o rbreathing and the circula-tion of the blood, and, in-Fig. H. B
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Ai-FIPES XVI. THE NECK AND EARS. * On firm neck poised his haughty head.—Anok. HE neck, being generallymore or less exposed toview, should be takeninto the account withthe face in physiologicaland physiognomicalcharacter-reading. VITALITY TENACITY OP LIFE. A short, thick neck indi-cates closeness of connectionbetween the base of thebrain and the vital organs,ample provisions f o rbreathing and the circula-tion of the blood, and, in-Fig. H. directly, abundant Vitality and great tenacity of life. The base of the brain is generallyheavy in connection with such a neck, and the animal pro-pensities, especially Combativeness and Destructiveness, fulland active. It is the neck of the bull-dog and of the following anecdote and accompanying portrait willilhv\strate this remark, and show how a North American Indianreads character: When lecturing in Port Huron, on Lake Michigan, severalyears ago, a family of Indians came to visit us and have their. VITALITY, 265 characters delineated. After having made the examinationsand given several charts, we invited the tribe to look at thegallery of paintings used in our lectures, which included theportraits of many distinguished North American Indianchiefs. When they were satisfied with admiring the highly coleredand ornamented pictures, we asked them which, among the
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