Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 706
erived chiefly at home from theinstructions of his father, and of an uncle who was a clergyman. He be-came a civil engineer, but at the age of twenty-five left the profession toengage in literature. His writings are quite numerous, all of a deeplyphilosophical or metaphysical caste ; in some of… … 700 CHARACTER-READING. THE ROMANCE WRITER. Mr. Hawthorne possessed a large brain, the most strikingpeculiarity of which was its great height. Ideality, Mirth-fulness, Human Nature, and Comparison were among his most prominent qualities. Hisobservin g- faculties werenot small, but largeenough to…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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