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 95
mith or the train-ed boxer, or gymnast,are larger in j^roportionto 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 Gtmnast. THE LAW OF QUANTITY OR SIZE 89 the cranium. Its sign in llio 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…
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