Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-01-28
The Language Of the Eye

The eye can threaten like loaded, lev,
eled gun. or can insul. like kicking or
Kissing, or IN It's altered mode, bv bcama
Iot Kindness, II can mako the heart dance
with JOY The manner of the eve, Ian
suage IS inadequate to paint them. 49,
W hen thought strikes US, the eve is fx.
ed, and remsins gazing at distance and
Ienunerutlng the names OF persons or
countries-as France, Germany, Spain.
! England, Bohemia - the eye winks at each
new name There is no nicely OF learn.
ing sought by the mind, that the eyes DO
not vie IN acquiring, The artist" says
! Michael Angelo, must take his measure
with tools not in his hand but in his eye"
And there is 10 end to the catalogue OF
It's performances, in ndolent vision OF
health and beauty. or the strained vision
OF art and labor. The eyes are rs bold az
lions, rowing, running, leapng here and
there, far and near, They speak all Ian,
guages. They wait for no introduction
lhey are no Englishman- ask no leave
OF age or rank, they respect neither povN
erty, nor riches, nor learning, nCr power,
nor sex, bu: lntrude and go again, and 20
through and through you in moment of
time. What inuudatlon OF life and tho't
are discharged from one soul into another
through them! The glance is natural
magic-a mysterious communication es>
tablshed across the house between two
entire strangers and move all the springs
Of wonder Communication by the CLAN
ces is, in the greatest part, not subject to
the control Of the will. 1t is the bodily
symbol Of identity Of nature. We look
into the eyes to know if this or the other
form is another self. The eyes will not
lie, but ,Ley make faithful confession of
what inhabtant j. there, The angels
that inhabjt this temporary human .orm
show themselves ut The door. and the
imps and demons also. The rcveiati)n )ns
are sometimes terrific The confession Ol
q low, u,urping devil is there made. The
observer will seem TO feel tie presence Of
horns and hoois, where he looked for in
nocence and simplicity. It i, remarkable
that the spirit winch appears at windows
ot the house, ut once invests Itself in
new form ol its own, 80 the mind of the
beAoIder. Eyes contain in theit language
rs much as the tongue with the adyan-
tage that the OCcular dialect is understood
all the world over.
The language oi the eye i, very hard to
counterfeit. You can read in the eyes OF
your con U'panioa, while Nou talk, whether
your argument nit lam, though h.stongre
will not confess it. There is i. ok
by which man shows he is going 10 say q
gooi thing, and a look when he has SAID
it, Vain and forgotten areali the fine of,
ices oihospitalIty, if there be no holiday
IN t"e eye. dow many turtlve limitations
are ayo~ed by the eye though dissembled
bY the lips. A man comes away from a.
company he has heard no important re
mark, but if in sympathy with the society,
he is innocent of the tact of such a ,
stream OF life rs has been flowing b bin |
through the eye There are eyes which give
no more admission into them than blue |
berries. Others are liquid and deep wells /
that men might fall into, And Others arc |
and deyouring, and take too
much notice. There are asking eyes, and |
asserting eyes, and prowlin2 eyes, and
eyes fall Of faith-some Of good, and some
OF sinister omen -Emer5ou