Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-07-11

! hi, iure Il great argument in favor of Physirg-
nomy for iha: by mature he had all the had passions
rili r;~I H.: hl textures hU: wisdom hal taught li'n
In Sulidh" them. " hat .rHuiYr plS>.r-nGInGs:s ana
phrcm"l"-i>ts ic Greek acupturf and painters were
Possibly they iMrw u"iu-: ii these theories a. SCI
rnc's, but they did practically. They initiated Ma
ture closely thnt N"u ma" read the characters they
rrprcscH; by PIrs!r.I"my and lhrou".o-y aIr;iC.--
Tu-bc-siIrc. .hcy generally T,prcseD characters ;lIU
stand absolute iyrrs. tIIur .srnnri.ahlc quail
ties throwing them int" relief i"c your manipulation.
like letters cut bc read bv lii" blind. Tl"y drm
deal in those snnu:h-surICrd. "Aurcs-uI.rs- .IuIi'u-
titles who irevr II" character indicated, hcc;.u.c Ihrv
! have to Indicate, a:!i whom v"u generally find
denying thnt there = any truth III either Phrrno"Ly
ar Plv>in.muinv. The Greeks recognized this truth,
that "NhntCvcr Is done III the heart ehail DE written
uu the lIou~c-toi>.
For want OF this, what lUdcrouS mistakes some OF
our llnr artists commit and often inG warriors
pain.cl who could not have killed mnusr, and ai!ec-
! ZION represented with an absolute want of hcrcv"-
! irncc. The anatomy ui their Glt does not include
conformation OF BRAIN But you don't want 10 hear
me talk while stand in the irrcscrrc OF the orator
| Bcmn-ticmcs. He is represented here n Il hard
headed man. Ills brow is deep, sad. and iu "i con
! temptation. \ soul ii lire existed beneath tla rough
ntcils.: exterior. You may that lie had no Ian
glags tu Spare-uo lavish ornament al ideas; he waH
severely sinpr, hut intensely vehement and lrrcsis-
I thr. He had large perseverance. Very different i
i'triclrS. He had larger suu!. nI!ud at NaStrr
scope There i, m"h"r dignity, more colossal
! "ainncas ;un IN Dcmostlcc-. lhIn WIS III" man
whose presence was gcalld nIr who had siich Il
srhiilc scnsc nf power about han that his orHtorE
did ~" need Ill" cu4pcncc "i acii"E and, looking on
him, do mary Il that II should have been So
And tins is his mistress, Aspasia, l. woman u: rape
beauty aud rar.. intellectual power y lower migh;
well take co,ttcncc from the touch q" her lips
/ Nnut icass .it ior g"ds were hold ai ihcr hoii>
1900 vcnr, Hru. Wise old Socrates. and merry NC:-
! biadrs Sophorl,.- and Euripidc-, Plato and Pdin',
were OF ,lr company that gathered together in IN"
cool Of the evening II; the banquet of wit, ad vine,
and fruit, provided by tho lair .spasln for her inl-
mortal guests.
We must pass rr leaving Phocian Tho Good,
Diog"ncs, th' Cyuc, Fpcurus, tie ancient Scc"ln-
ri-t Alcib!a,,.s whom We met NJ Aspusa's and learn
ed LycmrguS, and Glanc" III "m the Roman portraits
This is the fearful, lic c.ntiou-, hlondy Nero hc who
V"rl"trricd much sam";inary a:r"'rv III 50 short Il
| nl,.--hc d;rd a 81. Look Gl the back q" his head.
! lie must have been n nnnan from furious lust
There i. nothing {" control IN" "rOc'y "f his animal!
! Instinct: moral government, u" spIriiuHlzinG
lcnv: be j. one mass "f burning fever, bloody cru
ely, nul hl"ndv lust. One well imagine what M
internal light those eyes must have emitted. how sod
den mud red the, rolled in their fury. like The wheels
"i battle chnriot rolling in blood. And here IL II
/ ng champion, Nacr;a M"rSi!na, cruel as Murder,
and icchcrol, a- Lust. These two are perhaps, ell.
tried IL the most nUtOIou. pr"cmIncMcc III History
Chamber Of Horrors \ s!rrI@c progeny was 'hal OF
Oll Rome continuing :hr blacklist criminals, and the
submrSt characters the world has seen. Here iur
instance i, Marcus Aurrlius, N: the best and no-
bcst Princes uf all antiquity, iookln" clement Gner-
"i,a, Thoughtful, and mngiIaniinn's steady rrhukc
IL surrounding vices, niui kindly encouragement I"
! struggling virtues. We C;.unn; leave the Roman
Cmrt without Glance NJ of the mi-!ItlcSt OF lis
mighty ones, Julius Cr>ar. lie Is power ana
/ wonder forever.
There is grand clear and piercing intellect sym.
boiled in ;ha, head. How subtle aud lunn",l. the
.nnrc "i !; must have hccil. ThHi face sl"ud have
locked didlouOus with spirit, cvcii Ia though wt
should SEE the sword through tic sheath; ami 10 what
ai cXquist" cd. /: must have hccm tempered. lou
see -oIn.rhmg ~ this even in the marble There Is
Iin swalljuS {" flesh smnhcrng up the aplrt
But ala. h hicks the Ui all humanity, his
moral religion i. small accounting lr his reckless Ii
I cc:rtiuusiicss.
! And now we are ,lnon. the printers: aud how truly,
akin 10 their works ar" t"sc i"Tiras OF the men
Th, nlu:miilr spirit looks uu at each Rubcns,
with his fine mouth. atins Hnstr and large
organ OF cnIor, is perfect Iou what ripe !uxu-
riuncc OF ir there is in the His vision is flesh
and blood tinted He cnrvrg saw the pure white light
or the imncrm"st ideal beauty. lie sc~ color Gorl-
oI> lavish color everywhere. His eyes would di!ate
the >;cn slope Of the thigh of Venus, or
ia blooming country wcncii than they would pn thu
!il- of riin; trciau"u- with holy ic:vor In short
ne i grand. Iusu=, Ia. b!o"lrl, huuG-"m" rich and
reckless uhcns. This beautiful head. here, is tIat o
sweet and .eracoris Raphael, he h."cr a: the Forua
lina aud the ;:rca,cst Muster uf form There is :,
much sweet an! delicate human Tenderness in his face
:" nuc! lofty ricaii:y and purity II i liz" booking al
. Oh" uf hi- pictures.
The religious painters Masncrin au! Fra Ar.c,co
"n GALA. AID viuu>, and c&b:t tn. D'v ussuciutioI
with which they painted. Michael Angelo has th'
heavy bar nf brow ,b"v" hi, eyes which rcnny,n'I n
/ vdc- 10 IN his In Alcmorinm,
/ md oy.r lc.c c;l"-al ry"4
| Iar bar Oi Michael ing.J.
II, look more coars. aud ugly thnn rnrc Ben jon.
sna, aIId he looked something Ike Il stOnc-mason.-
ii":to and the tar:acCi, Guide Hn' Furru.gio ea,
bear testimony 10 tlr pnrrliIr truth of lay.in.nomy
Bat 2.st hurc"w tilr language oi It contemporary 10
lit 30 this kii'=ly sroir:
One may r,ml nations history here in the face.
| ui iis king. Il rcowa"l murderer and crowned
c:lu;iG;;y ami human folly. i.uai the us, and vaiy
uf rancS The Fir, 10 ihr hnnd-,uckiu- tauaticsiI
ot Charles the N!IIiI'h" Inflated greed nf Louis Il!
| Fourteenth, and The refined degradation ot Louis
Yuin:Ac. Here is LOU, :hr Eleventh, his wrk'e ed
uc drawn down with supCrS;itInus terror. and wrur
by fear rather Than by Icmry the Fourth
bold nnI s'yac"U-. but tnpriicplrd vain and lew,l
-Cmar!cs the Ninil II sort ." royal pichp"ckcf, Will
iuug-dos Jack Sheppard face, more ii, for the GAL
ley bench than the ~,'ar "f siac-Francis the FRS;
/ hratl-,rvne and weak Louis the Twelfth. ugly anL
hcartIcs- spite "r lIrGm;Gncs opinion, that he Ind
nm riS0gc doHr /" b2n,' ni Louis the Fifteenth with
hir rctrcatimg forehead, iieshy owl and sensual under
/ lip"
There arc several casts Of Napoleon. Here is the
poor student, the mClan"h holy nukn" officer of Grtil-
..rv. thu Consul and the Emperor. The head is some
thin. like that of Ca:sar. with better moral region.
But there the cold. clear, coI!ciSc intellect; the
same ooicni precision and stump of SOVEREIGNTY.
Napoleon is surrounded by his Marrals. Here is NeY,
( brave ,laslnm and theatrical; MH~,ena. OF whom
NAPOLEON said hr was never muc!: himself ts when
,ht. lattlc went ncnnS him. when he rose up tn the
| level of the ucc,Sn. and wcnt forth victor
Among them all llncc seems 10 me ~ have the hest
/ Lra,!. Now turn tn Milton and ShakspcHrc.--
Brave John Milton. In all the pliaanx o! Freedom,
;h"rc i nob!er rume t!!mm his. How bravtly lac
walked the world nIid what suhIln" III" he lived
He looks like man Of MANY SORROWS. bur he il stern
and ,uiiant H. his own Michael. lie il mnm TINT
like his agc. terribly III carncs mighty, holy and
heroic. OF all poets, the lif. NJ Milton the
grandcst the mnrin!lcst, the COmpctest. In youth hr
| was model of beauty and purity, fair-haircd and
! .aimilv. In mamuod he the stern unliincIin,
warrior in the Republican camp III" heroic and cu-
qucn: defender Of Liberty, wherever aud whenever
| attacked. And then in hi old ngc, when the Revo-
! LUTON was drowned in blood, aud the bud Of Eng
! lands redemption scrncd laid low III the dust, when
b" had wrcstlcd for the till he was blind, and
the martyrs were dragged from their bloody shrouds
10 hang waysidc iihbc;s, W" find the immortal old
man "hating no Iot of hcnrt or hope" still battling
on in the GOOD old cause and writing down Prclncy
| and knrcratt, and all kind. nj ibsuutsIn in def
| nnce of Dcspot, Death or Devil. You feel what q
mighty personality he il. You tee, the force nf tina:
individuality rcmarkahc through all hls wrinGs.
| They all bear John Milton his mark. In Shakespeare
y,,l cnunn; identify the individual being, sentiment
or feeling of the writer. He is invisible, like the
| Creator and therefore isolated from But, Milton
il in every stroke Of his pen, and he comes home TO
our hearts in bis own personality. Ana what shall VIC
sav OF the nyriad-mimded muster soul, Shakespeare!
THIS is copy ni the bust in the church nj Stra;.ord-
Avon, nnd perhaps kcr I" him t!Ian auy other
And this is he who walked and talked with Nature in
her most lovcabc and most terrible moods: the high
icst favored Of all her lovers 10 whom She made such
mnryclull. revelations o: her secret luvencss mud
Taught him 70 read the rcd-lcavcd book Of the human
heart; and poured oft the wine OF beauty for him.
The heal is very magnificent, very perfect, very
beautiful. Perhaps the complete development
ever known. SO perfectly in harmony that know
ledge WIS iu;ut;vc. But, beyond th. happy rsan-
zion there seems 30 have been something III the
.empc:anr.: Of Shakespeare bcTuud what las fallen
to the share oi other -rca; Such GENIAL sh'
min cccirlcAl iCinLsrn.Mcn. ;Niuk with EulGIe0n