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 521
or even round varietiesof the animal species. Indeed, where we find a widemouth and wide chin, the other surrounding features arelikewise large; hence the massiveness of the Physiognomyinvariably indicates the massiveness of the body, and governsthe whole texture, be it in man or animal, with… … PENETRATION OF MIND. This faculty shews an extraordinary development in somepeople, and so keen and discriminative are those who pos-sess it in an inordinate degree, that they are enabled topeer into our very souls, and to penetrate with equalfacility every passion and energy of the human mind.…
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