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New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." (1889)

Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York : Fowler & Wells · leaf 390

An illustration from New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine.", 1889, leaf 390 — forms a beautiful oval, or ratherellij^se, varying somewhat in the proportion of its two diam-eters, some nations having rounder and others more elongatedheads. •■ We make use of Campers lines without by any means admitting hispreposterous claims in regard to their sufficiency as a measure of… … The front view (fig. 479) shows still more satisfactorily thebeautiful proportions of a well-formed Caucasian skull, with its magnificent intellectual and moraldevelopments. It will be seen, far-ther on, how widely the crania of theother races differ from this in everyaspect. The average internal…

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