Physiognomy. A practical and scientific treatise (1881)
Stanton, Mary Olmstead · San Francisco, Printed for the author: San Francisco news company · leaf 88
ganism. Without a due degree of secrecy, we could notbe just to our friends, nor plan and manage our own affairswith interest to ourselves. An excess of Secretiveness causesslyness, cunning, deceit, falsehood, cruelty, and treachery.Many animals possess a large share of this quality; it is… … KOBESPIEKRE. (Secretiveness.) Secretiveness is well illustrated in the features of the tyrant Kobespierre, whodeluged France with the blood of his victims. He was cruel, crafty, and secretive.Guillotined 1794. Vindictiveness and a lack of Benevolence are noticeable in hiscountenance. His life…
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