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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 237

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FTED EYE PRAYERFUXNESS. In Chapter VIII. we describ-ed six muscles as concerned inthe movements of the eye.Their action is shown in theaccompanying diagram (fig.333). One of them (the rec-tus superior), as we haveshown, draws the globe of theeye directly upward (c). Itshabitual action indicates… … Fig. 332.—Prayei.fci.ness. PRAYERFULNJISS 231 ed. Instinctively we bow the body and raise the eyes inprayer, as though the visible heavens were the seat of God.In the language of the poet— Prayer is the upward glancing of the eye,When none hut God is near. Although the savage does not always…

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