New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Cry countenance is stupid,the under part of which, taken fromthe end of the nose, is less than athird part of the whole (fig. 44) ; ifit is not stupid, it is foolish. 4. Every countenance is stupid,the firm under part of which is con-siderably longer and larger thaneither of the two upper parts (fig. 45). 5. The greater the angle is, which the profile of the eyeforms Avith the mouth, seen in profile (fig. 46), the more feebleand dull is the understandi
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Cry countenance is stupid,the under part of which, taken fromthe end of the nose, is less than athird part of the whole (fig. 44) ; ifit is not stupid, it is foolish. 4. Every countenance is stupid,the firm under part of which is con-siderably longer and larger thaneither of the two upper parts (fig. 45). 5. The greater the angle is, which the profile of the eyeforms Avith the mouth, seen in profile (fig. 46), the more feebleand dull is the understanding. 6. Every countenance is by nature dull and stupid, the fore-head of which, measured witha pliant close-fitting measure,is considerably shorter thanthe nose, measured in the samemanner from the end of the forehead; though measuredperpendicularly, it should beof the same length (fig. 47). 7. Every countenance is stu-pid in which the distance fromthe corner of the eye to themiddle of the side of the nos-tril is shorter than from thenceFig. 45. to the corner of the mouth (fig. 48).8. Every countenance is stupid in which the eyes are dis-. Fig. 46. 42 PREVIOUS SYSTEMS, cernibly more distant from each other than the breadth of aneye. FOLLY. He who laughs without an object, with oblique lips; whooften stands alone without any determinate tendency or direc-tion ; who salutes by onlynodding his head forward,while his body remainserect—is a fool. SOPHISTS, KNAVES.
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