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 489
andamply educated, but who, not being compelled to labour,settle down into characterless nothings, and become cess-pools to catch the vices of those who surround them.Earnest, ardent, and interesting labour will develop char-acter, and that character will produce wrinkles. Hence,those who would… … PHYSIOGNOMICAL SIGNS OF PHYSICALENDURANCE. From the Latin word durus, hard, we have formed theEnglish terms durable, durability, endure, endurance, becauseit has been remarked with respect to all substances innature—animal, vegetable, and mineral—that the more hardthey are, that is, the more…
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