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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 394

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 394 — THE AMERICAN RACE 387 of the skin is tawny, sometimes approaching to that of ma-hogany. In character, the typical Malayan is active, enter-prising, subtle, excitable,crafty, unprincipled, cruel,and sensual. He is atonce, it has been aptly said,the tiger and the serpentof the East. … IV. THE AMERICAN KACE. All the native Americannations and tribes exceptFig. 487.—Malay Skull. the Esquimaux are included in this class. One of the most distinctive traits of the aborig-inal American cranium is roundness. This quality is verymanifest inevery aspect,but especiallyso in the ver-tical…

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