Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-12
DAILY SENTINEL


Noses have been classified az the Roman OF
saaiIine. the eagle besked nose. the strAighi. or
Greek nose, The coetatiTe side nostriled nose.
the Jesish nose the snub, the celestial or turned
up nose OF these the first indicates decision.
hrnness OF character. great energy, and Sith
these considerable disregard for the softnessez.
hulenesse-, and psluy ways Of society md hie
Manv OF our hrst-rate men bad Romaa nOse-
Twas Roman nose which determined 6rs, upoL
sabiu9ating this island: which nose, II legends
tell truth, vas broken ia the attempt; for CRsaf
fell from his boat a. he landed and damaged
his face upon the hard shingles Of the shore OF
Deal How important the parts which have been
played bY this kind of facial organ as may DC
seen by a glance into history. Beginning with
Sesostris, We have Cato the Censor, julius Ca
ssr. Henry w Of France. Csnute. Sir William
Wallace. Robert Bruce. Edward l.. Henry VII.
Queen Elizabeth. L0yola the founder Of the Jes
uits, Sir Francis Drake. Gonxslve of CordovA.
who beat the Moors, the great Condo. Cortez,
Pizlrro. the great Pitt. Washington. chief Of the
Ne- World. and Wellington. the greatest CAP
tain OF bis age, all with Roman noses Of
course. also We must add Columbus. Who dis
covered America.
Without the testimony OF portraits, We could
declare that IL must have been . Roman nosed
man, Who. beaten from court 20 court. laughed
81 add neglected. still By perseverance, got to
Essher his little navy, and setting his back reso
waters TO the new OF half Roman and half
Greek noses which class combines physical en-
ergy with retirement. many great men have
boosted; such were Alexander the Great, Con
stantine. King Alfred. Wolsey, Richeleu, 10
renzo de Medici, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Philip
Sidney. and last. and greatest in energy and ei
feet. Napoleon Bonsparte. His nephew has also
an squiline nose. rugose. coarse. large, tui eI.
pressive. and.cogiative as to the termination OF
nostfils.
IL IL impossible 10 conceive more beautiful
faces than those which have the Greek nose, but
tee owners are mon Of too much refinement TO
be always energetic and busting. Hence, when
Napoleon. Who was a nasologist. nose phlos
opher, wanted any work well done. he asked for
. man With plenty Of nose Strange As il may
appear" he says. 81 generally choose man with
good allowance of nose"
Now the Grecian nation never had sppera-
bundanee of that organ. Their noses were
smsil bus well chiselled. straight from the mid.
die Of the forehead, without much Individuality
or locality above then in the forehead. and ae-
eompaniei by the well-knovn Greek ohAracteg--
preference for q diagonal action craft. sharp
ness. good bargaining ard refinement They
loved tho arts rather than war. They admitted
eloquenee because 10 indirectly persuaded. They
were tickle, and were forever seeking something
new. The Romans would have battered down
the walls of Troy in bali tho time the Grecians
Glos or tney Noulu nave uiel unuer tneb no
Grecians loved 10 talk rather than fight They
remain 10 history. and occupy so large space
because Of the genius Of their authors. no, Of that
their PEOPLE.
The possessors of the Greek nose who have
become celebrated in history will very fairly in
dicass the general character which it seems to
poin, Gut Addison. Byron, Shelley. Petrarch.
Spenser. and Milton dn bis youth) are those
among poets who we're distinguished By this
feature OF painters there are many who a.
their portraits show. possessed To- Raffsee the
divine, one of the most beautiful Of men. Csno-
va the sculptor. Claude, Titan, Murillo. and
when youne) Rubens Under this class natur-
ally falls n very excellent kind of nose. called
the Graeco cogitative. Ia youth many noses are
almost purely Grecian. but these afterward de-
velop into tho rugosc. widely nostrilled. cogts-
tive nose. which the majority OF great thinkers
appear 70 have possessed
This Is the last class of which can at pres-
ent treat. IL should not turn up, nor be buntly
snubbed. but gradually widen below the bridge.
The nostrils should be fine and vide. not close
and thin. The tip should. as We have said. have
achsrscter 81 It's own. and should certainly not
be Thin, which would Indicate weakness and curl
osity. Men OF var. or of the clergy. inventors,
agriculturalsts, or strict men of business, possess
this nose and TO emu erate the number Of first
rate men who have possessed il would occupy
moro space than We could afford About In the
World.