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Among savage nations, on the other hand,
such as the African and the North American
Indian. the feshy parts of the countenance
stand out unrestrained, and give that as
pect of wildness or OF unsophisticatedness
which, more than colour and customs,
betray their life aud nature. In general,
it is the development in US of determine.
ton to educate our natural instincts, to
keep our WI counsel. and to remain out.
wRrdIy impassive against the assaults of
society and of individuals, that brings
about that facial reserve whereof the pri-
mitive man-the innocent, frank, and
fearless AID am-could have known and
have needed to know nothing.
These illustrations have been adduced ia
order to clear the way for saying that
cities, being as they are, the concentration
OF all that constitutes modern civilization,
and consequently of all that is most oppos.
ed to primitive circumstances OF life, can.
not fail to produce the most marked effect
upon the expression Of their inhabitants.
The influence of the country is to create
repose !; the absence Of racket and hustle
in wood and field the broad expanses of
hill and vale, the slow and orderly process
of the seasons, the breadth and tenderness
of the colouring. and the feeling that all
that surrounds has q permanence and pro-
priety, compared with which the fussy
empiricism of mans works is as the crack
ling of thorns beneath q pot and as sparks
that fly upward.-all these things tend to
impart q quietude and inapprehensiveness
to the nerves and thoughts altogether in
harmony with our environment. We let
our faces alone, SO to say; our sensu0us
organisation ful6ls its normal function Of
reaching outwards in quest of impressions;
tits never put upon its de~fence,-never com
PEELED to transform itself from q channel of
communication with the outward world,
into a buckler against such communication.
1t is a common observation that the u
tenances of the inhabitants of a country
follow the lines and generall character of the
country they inhabIt. There is something
of the prairie in the wild Visage of the
Comanche Indian. and something of bis
mountains in the rugged features Of the
Switzer. The earth we stand on is our
Mother, aud the spirit of her forms is dis
cernible In the lineaments OF her children.
But if this be true of the country, ana.
logy teaches US to expect q corresponding,
though contrasted, result from the a%rtifici-
al influence of cities. The modern signii-
canoe of cities is the coming-together OF
multitudes of men for the purpose of
money getting. Such coming-togetheE
involves confict,-an opposition of the
interests of each individual to the interests
of all the rest. Of course, the discovery
is speedily made that the interests of the
individual are often best promoted by
temporary and partial cooperation with
others; but this fact does not affect
the gen eral principle. Each man has his
own way to make, and he will and must
make it, if necessary at the expense OF the
rest. 'sLook out for number one." and
/" Charity begins at home," are the maxlms
which are at the bottom of all human
commercial intercourse. The consequence
is, that every one arms himself against his
fellow. To be a good business man is to
be-not dishonest, indeed, for honesty is
the best %policy-but capable of dissimula-
ton, of concealing ultimate designs, of
habltually maintaining a certain conyen.
tional demeauour, which must needs often
be at variance with the feeling underneath.
Now. to do this, is to carry on two lives
instead oil one /, and the effects OF that feat
are soon perceptible in the expression OF
the face. So long as the body simply
puts itself In accord with the spontaneous
imnulses of the inner spirit, the wear-and-