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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 196

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r in many particulars, agree ::in being both compressed jjand shortened, in compari- 3son with the last; approach- %ing, in this respect, the snouts of the lower animals,which seldom project be-yond the jaws.* In the Caucasian, the nose averages in length one third of theface; in the Mongolian the… … Fig. 256.—The Ethiopian. barbarism on their very front. In other words, within so short a period,they seem to have acquired a prognathous type of skull, like the savagesof Australia, thus giving such an example of deterioration from knowncauses as almost compensates by its value to future ages for…

Physiognomy · Phrenology

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