Essays on physiognomy; calculated to extend the knowledge and the love of mankind . he will remain fixedpear the point exactly diitant from thefe wide dimmilarities. Fifth head. This figure, in all likelihood, will continue in amedium fcene of action; he may fall from prudence to timidity,Jbut will never elevate himfelf to the heroic character. Sixth head. If I may be allowed the words, this is a countenanceof intellect; he perceives things clearly, but has no powers capableof intricate refearch : the abitractions of metaphyseal enquiry,do not feem to be within his province ; ready for the adm
Essays on physiognomy; calculated to extend the knowledge and the love of mankind . he will remain fixedpear the point exactly diitant from thefe wide dimmilarities. Fifth head. This figure, in all likelihood, will continue in amedium fcene of action; he may fall from prudence to timidity,Jbut will never elevate himfelf to the heroic character. Sixth head. If I may be allowed the words, this is a countenanceof intellect; he perceives things clearly, but has no powers capableof intricate refearch : the abitractions of metaphyseal enquiry,do not feem to be within his province ; ready for the admimon offentiments, both refined and groft, they are his nutrition and en-joyment. III. Profile of a Man of Steadiness.—Seethe plate? This face prefems to my view, a man who inveiligates fubjectsfteadily, an exact copyift, and in diligent performance, but not pof-fefSng the capacity of inventing, or of deiiroying by his own particu-lar energy; on the whole, he is limited within the fphere of quietobedience, his temper is not framed for exultation, though pof- fibly 9 > § p. Fa#e> 27
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