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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 423

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n,with blue eyes and sandy or red hair, and resemble in organ-ization and character their Scandinavian ancestors whom wehave already described. Fig. 526 illustrates this cultivatedand better class, to which also Hugh Miller the celebratedgeologist seems to have belonged.* Hugh Miller was born in… … Fig. 526.—A Highlander. The Celtic Highlander is a man of quite another type, andaffords a striking contrast with the preceding. He is rathersmall in stature,spare, tough, wiry,strong, and active.The features arerather sharp, butnot disagreeable ;the eyes and hairblack; and the ex-pression keen,…

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