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New physiognomy (1867)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 531

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A castin our collection, taken from his head more than twenty yearsago, indicates a brain large at the base, particularly betweenthe ears. The head is also high in the crown and full in theintellect, but small in Veneration and Spirituality. He haslittle of the feeling of deference, humility, or… … Homer, the most ancient and greatest ofthe Greek heroic poets, called the Fatherof Song, was horn about 1000 b.c. ; theexact period of his death is not known. John Milton, the first of modern poetsin the department of sacred verse, the au-thor of Paradise Lost; horn in London,Dec. 9, 1608; died…

Physiognomy · Phrenology

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