Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-12-16
Language of the Face.
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Physiognomy and It's Indices to Traits of oharao-
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 The Chronological Magdzine. in re- cent issue, says: Round-eyed persons see much, live much in the senses, but think less. Narrow-eyed persons, on the other hand, see less, but think and feel more intensely. It will be observ- ed that the eyes of children are open and round. Their whole life is to re- ceive impressions. It is only when childhood is maturing towards manhood or womanhood that thought comes. ii it comes at all. But what most leads to reflection? Experience. Our errors, our shortcomings, our failures-these teach us to think before we act, to con sider each step, to weigh every motive. When, therefore, the upper eyelid-for it is that which has the greatest amount of mobility -droops over the eye, it in- dicates not merely reflections but some thing painful to reflect about. Hence the length or dropping of the upper eye lid betokens confession and penitence.
 The dropping of half of the eyelids from the outer angle to the center indi- cates the disposition to confess ones faults to parents or seniors, to a'father."
 The dropping of half of the eyelids from the inner angle to the centre beto- kens the disposition to repent and to ''do works meet for repentance" Close ly allied to these signs are those of pray erfulness and humility. The former is indicated by the muscle which turns the eye directly downward. as represented in the pictures of the Madonna. Fray erfulness is usually large in connection with that of penitence, the reason of which is that between the faculties of penitence and humility there is the same close connection as between con fession and prayer. One who has ha- bitually more prayer than humility has the eye turned somewhat upward, so that the upward part of the iris is a lit tie covered by the upper eyelid, and so as to leave a slight space between the iris and the lower lid. The reverse is true of one who has more humility than l prayer.
 The faculty of truth-that is, the love | of it-is indicated by the muscle which surrounds the eye, causing folds and i wrinkles. Justice is indicated by the muscle which causes perpendicular wrinkles between the eyebrows. Full ness and wrinkles under the eye, for which some persons are remarkable, in- dicate the love of mathematical accura- cy; and curving upward from the outer angle of the eye and eyebrow indicate probity or personal truthfulness. There are three degrees of the faculty of jus tice. The first is a kind of exactness or strict honesty in small money mat ters, which some people would call closeness, and is indicated by a singu- lar perpendicular wrinkle or line be. tween the eyebrows. The second is g disposition to require justice in others, and is indicated by two perpendicular lines or wrinkles, one on each side oi the center-a very common sign. The third degree is consciousness, or the disposition to apply the rule of justice to one's self, and is indicated by three or more wrinkles. or lines, especially noticeable, extending above the eye brow when the muscle is in action. The love of command is indicated by oue ol more short, tranyerse wrinkles acros the root of the nose, exactly between the eyes. It may be seen in great mill tary commanders, in masters and teach CTS, and in those generally who ar, fond of exercising authority. In thos who are wanting in the power to com mand, and have no desire for responsi bility, this sign is also absent. The fac ulty of command frequently acts witt that part of justice which reprimands or requires others to do right, and bot together produce that frowning ant lowering brow which is so terrible t evil-doers, or to those who love to approve rather than condemned.