Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 95
e train-ed boxer, or gymnast, lift i ; %n^ larger in proportion to the rest of the bodythan the law of beautyor symmetry requires.The same rule holds inrelation to the brain andto the features of theface. If, for instance,the faculty of Acquisit-iveness be excessivelyexercised, its organ inthe… … Fig. 101.—Arm of a Gymnast. THE LAW OF QUANTITY OR SIZE SO the cranium. Its sign in the face shares in the extra develop-ment. So it is with any other organ or sign of a faculty inthe head or face. These facts do not by any means invalidate the law ofhomogeneousness, or detract from its importance,…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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