The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-07-13
F4CTAL INDICATIONS.

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| Mental characteristics Indicated 81 Faces.
Round-eyed persons see much, live
much in the senses, but think less.
Narrow-eyed persons, on the other hand,
see less, but think more and feel more
intensely. It viii be observed that the
eyes Of children arc open and round.
| Their whole life is to receive impress
sions. It is only when childhood is ma
turing toward man or womanhood that
thought comes, if it comes at oil. But
what is II that most leads to reAectiona
Experience. Our errors, our short
comings, our failures, these teach us to
think before we act, TO consider each
step, to weigh every motive. When,
therefore, the upper eyelid-- for it Is TINT
which has the greatest amount OF mobil-
ity-droops over the eye, it indicates not
merely reflection, but something painful
to reflect about. Hence the length or
dropping of the upper eyelid betokens
confession and penitence. The dropping
Of the hair of the eyelid from the outer
angle to the center indicates the dispo-.
sition to confess ones fault to parents or
seniors, to "father confessor, /" or to the
Supreme Being. The dropping Of the
half OF the eyelid from the inner angle
to the center betokens disposition to
repent, and to edo works meet for repen.
lance" Closely allied to these signs are
those Of prayerfulness and humility.
The former is indicated by the muscle
which turns tine eye directly upward.
The facultyof humilityis indicated by the
muscle which turns the eye directly down.
ward, as representedin the pictures of
Madonna. Prayerfulness is usually large
in connection with the sign Of confession,
and humility in connection with that of
penitence; the reason Of which is that
between the faculties OF penitence and
humility there is the same close connec-
ton as between confession and prayer.
One who has more prayer than humility
has the eye turned habiiually somewhat
upward, SO that tie upper part of the
iris is little covered by the upper eye
lid. ana so as to leave q slight space be-
tween the iris and the lower lid. The
reverse is true of one that has more hui
mility than prayer. The faculty of truth
| that is, the love Of it's indicated by
the muscle which surrounds the eye,
causing folds and wrinkles. Justice is
indicated by the muscle which causes
perpendicular wrinkles between the eye
brows. Fullness and wrinkles under the
eye, for which some persons are remark
able, indicate the love of mathematical
accuracy; and wrinkles curved upward
from the outer angle of tie eye and eye
brow indicate probity or personal truth
fulness. There are three degrees of the
faculty OF justice. The first is kind of
exactness or strict honesty in small
money matters, which some people would
call closeness, and is indicated by a
single perpendicular wrinkle or line be-
tween the eyebrows. The second is the
disposition to require justice In others,
and is indicated by two perpendicular
lines or wrinkles, one on each side of
the center-a very common sign. The
third is conscientiousness, OF the dispo-
sition to apply the rule of justice to ones
self, and is indicated by three or more
wrinkles Or lines, especially noticeable,
extending above tho eyebrow when the
muscle is in action. The love of COM
mand is indicated by one or more short
transverse wrinkles across the root of
the nose, exactly between the eyes. It
may be seen in great military command
ers, in masters and teachers, and in
those generally who are fond Of exercis-
ing authority. In those who are want
ing ia power to command, and have no
desire for responsibility this sign is also
absent. The faculty of command fire.
quently acts with that part of justice
which reprimands, or requires others to
do right, and both together produce that
frowning and lowering brow which is SO
terrible to evil-doers, or to those who
love to be approved rather than con-
demned.-PhrenologicaI Magazine.