Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustrated. A description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance (1879)
Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 · New York, D.M. Bennett, Liberal and Scientific Publishing House · leaf 409
e observation, onemay, without much diffi-culty, perceive that, fromthe field-marshal in everyrank of the army, down tothe raw recruit, there isa style peculiar to each.The best mode of getting anaccurate idea of the ditler-ence between a recruit anda trained veteran is to watchthe drill, or the… … THE WALK AS INDICATIVE OF CHARACTEIl. 381 that he simply might be looked upon as a nicel}-adjustedpart of a very smoothly working machine. This perfectdrill and training gets at length so much into thenature, that the old soldier, when walking alone, stepswith as much precision and accuracy, as he…
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