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 379
asked whyhe attempted to strike this far-off bird, while hundredsof the same species were standing near him, he replied,that if he could succeed in killing the one in the eaves,he would then feel sure that he could hit all the rest.The parsons, to whom I have referred, seem possessedof a similar… … THE THINKER. There are few abstract things so generally recognized andadmitted as the influence exercised on the Physiognomyby a protracted continuance in any particular calling oroccupation. Even in occupations, the successful prosecu-tion of which does not draw very largely upon the resourcesof…
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