Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-03-16
PHYsaOaHOMY.
The Lecture OF PRof. Willis on
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Said Prof. Willis last night in OPEN
ing his lecture on Physiognomy in the
lecture room Of the Opera House, "Phy-
siognomy Is to me one Of the most profit
BILE subjects that can occupy the atten-
tion Of humanity. People cannot un.
dsrstand II because they give 1t no at
tention; II they could realize It's princi-
pies, and properly apply and obey
them, l think It would greatly elevate
the whsle race"
The speaker went on to describe what
Physiognomy was. II could not be
separated from Phrenology, although
quite different. Phrenology tells what
. man may become through the devsl-
opmsnt Of his faculties; physiognomy
tells man what he is by the appear
anoe Of his face. There are two ways
Of reading the face when IL Is at rest,
called physiognomy; and when in &C.
tion, called phythogomy.
The tsmperaments all indicate q
mans character. Men Of sanguine
temperament always have forid faces
and hair. Again men Of lymphatie
temperament, who are Invariably lazy,
will have slovenly walk. The walk
is Q true indication Of q men's character.
When q man treads heavily on the
heel II may be taken that he Is q per-
son Of considerable armness. He Of q
quick walk is one who attends TO bust.
ness, and has much push, and q man
who has . soft cst-like tread, will be
found TO be Just - sly as the cat it.
self. Shaking hands Is another indica-
tion Of character. One who gives you .
warm grasp is shown to be . man Of .
warm nature. 30 does the mode Of
dress tell q slovenly person from one
who is neat; and the laugh and voice
are equally indicative.
The lecturer spoke more particular
ly Of temperaments. The vital tenn
perament made the body, the working
temperament the muscle and bone, and
the mental temperament the brain or
thinking power. Large boned people
will be found more honest than those
who have less. 1t can be illustrated
in the animals; the most useless ami
mails have small bones. The animals
most hard to tame, have large, fat
Lones, and men with similarly shaped
heads, have more oombstiveness in
their natures, and make BETTE. business
men. Large heads should have large
bodies to support them, and in educa'
tion, the dsvelopements Of the body as
we'll as the brain should be looked af-
ter.
With reference to facial beauty the
speaker said that character had much
TO do with appearance. No man could
be q satan and look like an angel. The
three things that had q tendency to
make people look handsome were NOR
ality, education and proper living. As
. general thing great men have o fine
Further than this they
have good health and fine forms. Men
Of great sanguinity and capacity 10 see
into the future, as q general thing are
short and thick-sst.
Speaking of facial expression II was
that much could be told Of
the character by the expression Of the
mouth. High brows show one who is
more cheerful, but less able TO meet ad-
verse circumstances. When the corners
of the mouth have an upward tendency,
Q Joyous disposition is indicated; when
they are downward it shows sourness.
Religion is written plainly in mans
face. High forehead with 9 narrow
head show veneration for God. Rob-
srt Ingersoll has large amount of
veneration, but became an infdel
through other than natural causes.
The nose tells much of a mans char
acter. A long nose indicates far see
ing mind, and man with short nose
will not amount TO much. A fat nose
lacks taste and love Of the beautiful.
A nose with a bump on 1t shows COM
bativeness. The eye tells much; the
round eye indicates faithful love, but
the fat eye can love q number. The
large eye has much soul capacity, but
the small eye has not. Fine, soft hair
shows 3 refined character, curly hair
an excitable nature, and coarse hair
coarse rough uncultivated nature.
Az the conclusion Of his lecture, Prof.
Willis gave an exhibition Of character
reading by physiognomy,