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 . lack or blue,Ever round, loving, faithful and true;Heavens round orbs, love vigils optics reveal the brute asleep. All eyes possess love, but in a different manner; one hasstrong animal passions, that give a piggish look, while thepure filial love sparkles with all the tender emotions of amother or wife. Much can be said about the eye and its colour, as thathas great significance; but the colour d
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 . lack or blue,Ever round, loving, faithful and true;Heavens round orbs, love vigils optics reveal the brute asleep. All eyes possess love, but in a different manner; one hasstrong animal passions, that give a piggish look, while thepure filial love sparkles with all the tender emotions of amother or wife. Much can be said about the eye and its colour, as thathas great significance; but the colour does not destroy theprincif)le of the shape of the organ, as we shall find thesame rule to hold good through all variations of colour inthe eyes, as in the colour of the skin. Nations, whose colourremains unchanged, have the eyes alike in colour, and theyare non-progressive. Dark races, like the Indian and Negro, are naturallyrevengeful, like the elephant; and black eyes evince moreor less a revengeful disposition. This law of nature carriesitself through the various shades of the black races, and weshall find that they are everywhere more revengeful thanthe light race or
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