Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 738
that they act and react upon eachother—that grief darkens the countenance and joy gives itbrightness. He also showed that certain forms of body arealways connected with certain traits of character, and thatresemblances may be traced between men and animals. Theseresemblances he points out at… … AN IDEAL HEAD. We must of course look at this picture as simply au imper-fect embodiment of the artists idea of a perfect head and face.He may have been no phrenologist or physiognomist in thecommon accept- ation o f theseterms, but he hadno doubt observ-ed that in all thenoblest speci-mens of…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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