New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . eshown in the last chapter) maybe drawn from the animal kino;-dom; and it will not be un-profitable, we think, to pursue ^ the subject a little furthef, es-pecially as the scope of the pre-ceding remarks was necessarily - limited to particular aspects ? of it. We have looked at the ani-mal kingdom as a graduatedseries of creations, ascendingstep by step from the micro-Fig. 875.—Domesticated Deer. SCOpic infusoria of a drop of stagnant water to lordly m
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . eshown in the last chapter) maybe drawn from the animal kino;-dom; and it will not be un-profitable, we think, to pursue ^ the subject a little furthef, es-pecially as the scope of the pre-ceding remarks was necessarily - limited to particular aspects ? of it. We have looked at the ani-mal kingdom as a graduatedseries of creations, ascendingstep by step from the micro-Fig. 875.—Domesticated Deer. SCOpic infusoria of a drop of stagnant water to lordly man. We have seen what markeddiflierences there are in organization and in intelligence, butwe have paid little attention to specific and individual diff*er-ences. We will now call the readers attention to the factthat animals differ not less in the kind than in the degree oftheir mental development, illustrating some of the moreprominent points by means of correct drawings of animalheads. BROAD HEADS VS. NARROW HEADS. One of the most striking differences observable in a col-lection of animal heads or skulls is that some are broad and. STRENGTH VS. CUNNING. 605 others are narrow. We have shown (in Chapter XXII. andelsewhere) what these opposite conditions indicate in point to similar characteristics in animals. The broadheads (like fig. 876) belong to the carnivorous tribes, anda,re always associated with a blood-thirsty disposition and a fierce, destructive energy. The same conformation of head may be ob- ,j\ served in birds of ^ prey, and the same dispositions attend it. Such heads, by virtue of the law Fig. 877.— dominate over, despoil, and destroythe narrow heads. The narrow-headed deer (fig. 877) trem-bles and flies before the broad-headed cougar, or is pouncedupon and devoured; the sheep is the victim of the wolf;and the blood of the dove stains the claws of the hawk. Soit is even among men to a large extent. Prominent foreheadsand lofty top-hea
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