Physiognomy illustrated ; or, Nature's revelations of character : a description of the mental, moral, and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance (1891)
Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 · New York : Murray Hill publishing company · leaf 324
e digestive power. Chickens grind up pieces of bone, lime, glass, &c, with-out inconvenience. The whale is another animal of wonderful digestivepower, and we shall find wherever this width and depthof mouth exists, in animals or men, that strength ofdigestive apparatus invariably follows.… … A good Digestion. Vitellius, A sensuous gourmand Emperor of Eoni*. All men who shew these peculiarities of build, possessthe disposition of the animal that has the same conditionof body. The low monads or polypi have each hugemouths, with full surroundings to the mouth, and they 293 THE CONNECTION…
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