The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-12-05
KNOWLEDGE OF NOSES.
Meaning of the Different Forms-Big
Noses OF the Ris- Drained.

Mary o. Stanton In The Argonautl
Layater, the eminent physiognomist, In
one Of his essays, says: II have never seen a
nose with broad back, whether arched or
rectilinear, that did not appertain to an ex-
traordinary man. We may examine thou
sands Of countenGnces and numbers Of por.
traits Of superior men before we find such
one"
The busts pictures, and statues portray
ing the features and personality Of the most
celebrated generals, statesmen, orators,
philosophers, scientists, and architects,
which are exhibited in the art galleries of the
world, reveal to us-if art can be relied on
that the faces of Galen, Hippocrates, Aris-
totle, Alexander, Cicero, Archimedes, Julius
Cesar, Demosthenes, Cato, Lucretius, Sesos-
iris, Plato, Josephus, and many other men
Of eminence, possessed unusually large noses,
many of them broad ON the back" as
Lavater expresses it, and not one exhibits an
undeveloped or small nasal organ. These
noses vary in FORM but can be classified at
sight by one understanding the meaning Of
the forms of the nose. All these men were
master-minds in different departments Of
thought and action.
We will now return 10 more modern times
and recall To the mind the reader of the physi-
ognomies of the more recent men of intellect
masters in art science, government, ltera-
ture, and leadership. We shall find the field
quite as rich as that Of the ancieuts. Let it
be understood that each department Of activ-
ity has form or shape peculiar to itself
Scientific, mechanical, and philosophical
noses are long, prominent and bony, and
where there is talent they are "broad on the
back" as well. Musical noses are short, thick,
round, soft, and muscular. Commercial
noses are large, thick, long, with more mus
Gle than bone, and OF equal width the entire
length, sometimes straight in outline and
sometimes convex Executive noses often
presents very high outline just below the
the junction with the forehead This nose is
denominated the "Roman nose" and belongs
to those who have naturally excellent ability
as generals, leaders, supsrintendents, etc.
The largest nGe: known to modern times
are, among commanders, those of Washing
ton, Garibaldi, Cromwell, Wellington, Ma
poleon, Napier, Scott, Sherman, and
Farragut; among statesmen, Lord Chat
ham, William Pitt, Lord Brougham, Jeffer-
son, Jackson, Franklin, Thomas Paine,
Metternich, Pclmerston, John Adams and
Gladstone. Observing the noses of poets,
we find that here, as elsewhere the largest
belong to the most eminent. Observe, for
example, those of Dante, Tasso, Dryden,
Cowper, Shelley, Goethe, Pope, Schiller,
Joanna Baillie, Byron, Tennyson, Long
fellow and Whittier. This class Of noses ex.
hibits a straight outline in the descent from
the forehead to the tip, and this form is
characteristic of most writers Of elegant
literature
Perhaps the most massive noses are found
in the countenances of astronomers and
philosophers. Among astronomers note the
following: La Grange, De Lambre, Enler,
Haller, Herschel and Proctor. Philosophers
and scientists lead the world in regard to
size of nose.