Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 35
r the present work. It is not necessary to go backto the writings of the ancients on this subject, as they weregenerally mere fanciful speculations, though founded on amore or less distinct conception of the grand central principleof the correspondence between form and character. It willserve our… … Fig. 13.—Lavater. garb of a, student; and when he published his work, he sentit forth simply as a collection of Fragments. He was not, by-organization, a theorizer. Aglance at his portrait showsclearly enough that he wasa man of perceptive and in-tuitive insight rather thanof abstract reasoning.…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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