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 (1887)
Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 · New York : D.M. Bennett · leaf 115
seat of sensation, is related to all parts of the body hy a beautifully designed system of nerves, so that, whatever organ may be damaged, the brain suflers with it. The brain may be said to be the guiding form; but this is true only in a relative sense, for without the soul or the Divinity that… … THE BRAIN AND NERVE FORM. 87 highest and most noble thoughts. How important, then,to sustain it in good order; to ward off disturbing elementsfrom its various functions, so that it may pursue its in-tended course without let or hindrance! And how canthis be done, save by means of that food which…
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