The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-03-22
Noses

Noses have been classified as the Ro-
man or aquiline, the eagle-beaked nose,
the straight, or Greek nose, the celestial
or turned up nose Of these the first in
dictate decision, and firmness Of character,
great energy, and with these a copsider.
able disregard Of softnesses, littieness,
and patry ways Of society and life. Ma
ny Of our irst-rate men had Roman noses,
1t was a Roman nose which determined
first on subjugatating this island, which
nose, ifleeends tell the truth, was broken
In the attempt; Tor Caiar'fel from his
boat as he landed, and damaged his face
on the shore Of Deal. How important
the parts which have been played by this
kind of facial organ, as may be seen by
glance into history. Beginning with Sc.
sosiris, we have Cato the Censor, Julius
Caesar, Henry w. Of France, Canute,
Sir William Wallace, Robert Bruce, Ed
ward l., Henry VII, Queen. Eliza
beth, Loyola the founder Of the J Jesuits,
Sir Francis Drake, Gonzalve of Cordova,
who beat the Moors, the great Conds,
CorteS, Pizarro, the great Pitt, Washing
ton the chief Of the Now World, and
Wilmington, the greatest captain Of his
age, also, we must add Columbus, who
discovered America.
Without the testimony Of portraits
could declare that it must have been o
Roman nosed man, who, beaten from
court to court, laughed at and ne elected
still by perseverance got together his lit
tie navy, and setting his back resolutely
to the old world, steered over the waste
Of water to the new. OF half Roman ant
half Greek noses, which class combines
physical energy with refinement, many
great men have Boosted; such we're Alex
auder the Great, Constantine, King AL
fred Wolsay, Richelieu, Lorenzo de Med
eel, Sir Walter Reliegh, Sir Philip Tide
, ny, and last, and greatest in energy ant
effect, Napoleon Bonapart His nephey
has also aquliDe ncse, rugose. coarse lAg
but expressive, and ccgitative as to tn
: termination Of nOstrils,
D 1t is impossible to conceive more beau
tiful faces than those which have tn
= Greek nose, but the owners are men Q
too much refinement to be always enel
getic and bustling. Hence, when Napc
!. leon, who was nasologist, or nose philo'
opher, wanted any work well done, h
asked for a man with plenty Of nos,
"Strange as it may appear" he says,
e generally choose q man with a good a
i lowance Of nose."
Now the Grecian never had supe
. abundance of that organ. Their nos'
, were small but well chiseld, straight fro
!! the middle Of the forehead, without muC
10 individuality or locality above them
the forehead, and accompanied by Il
well.kown Greek character preferen,
% for a diagonal action, craft, sharpnes
'e good bargaining and refinement. Th'
D, loved the arts rather than war. Th,
admitted cloquepce because it indirect
: persuaded. They were fckel, and we
ID forever seeking something new. II
r. Romans would have battered down 4
n. walls of Troy in half the time the Gl
- clans did, or they would have died u
- der them. The Grecians love to ia
a. rather than fight. They remain in hist
t. ry, and occupy so large a space becau
IS. Of the genius Of their authors, not of III
,s Of their people.
~ The possessors of the Greek nose W
III have become celebrated in history "
very fairly indicate the general charac
which it seems to point out. Addisc
Byron, Shelly, Petrarch, Spencer, q
Milton (in his youih) are those amo
bs poets, who we're distinguished by t
,aS w feature, OF painters there are ma
=. a who, as their portraits show, possessed
40 sS Raffaelle, the divine, one Of the m
" beautiful OF men, Canova, the sculpl
nd Claude, Titan, Morllo, and when you
~ ~. Reubens. Under this class naturt
~ falls very excellent nose, the Gre
"a cogitative, In youth many noses are
-, most purely Grecian, but these aftcrw
90 m develop into the rugose, widely nostril
y; :. cogitative nose, which the majority
great thinkers appear to have posses
g., This is the last class which we car
n'' present treat. 1t should not turn up,
Il ,iv be bluutly snubbcd, but gradually wi
j" below tbs bridge. The nostrlls she
-. be fine and wide, net close and Il
W. The tip should, as we have said, hav
a. character ofits own, aud should cert
' y not be thin, which would indi
weakness and curiosity. Men Of war
the clergy, inventors, agriculturalists
= strict men Of business, possess this NJ
. - and to enumerate the number Of first
~ men who have possessed it would occ
Al. more space than we could afford.-Al