St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
NOSE NOTIONS.
what the Nasal Organ is Said 10
Symbolic.

Symbolic.
Boston Times
The fool may only see in his nose q con-
venlent thing TO smell with, but the phil
oSOpher reads there the sure indications Of
Sagacity. literally keen-Scented, or judgment
and force of character, with many other
things not TO be dispensed with in the NEIL
tai furnishing of either civilized or savage
An inch on the end of a mans nose is a
good deal. both as regards the dignity of
expression in that appendage and the quail
ties OF mind which il signifies Roman.
aqulllne, Grecian or pug we are all obliged
70 wear 1t, and so it may be well for Us TO
inquire what this frontispiece of the face
symOoliZes, in general and particular. Al
eNander the Great was Greek. but at the
upper part of his nose we see the prominent
sign OF aggression. which marked the Roman
nose aud character. 1t was this extremely
large faculty which led Alexander to depart
from the established policy or Greece and
10 carry on aggressive wars or foreign con-
quest and TO plant colonies and kingdoms
IN other countries. The lower end of his
nose indicated the same artistic and liter
AIRY taste which marked the Greeks as a
nation. In the Apollo. in Venus. Mer-
and thought, we see that delicate and perfect
chiseling of the nOstril which indicates re-
hnement and symmetry of intellect.
The common Roman nose was less
finished ~ the end; its poSSeSSor loved
knowledge for the sake of power ami con-
quest, rather than for its own sake.
AggreSsionS and Self-defenSe We're the
leading signs which gave character to the
Roman nose. They are large in the face of
Julius Caesar, VINO carried the genius of
Roman conquest up to its meridian SPLEEN
dor. Civilization has always had to push
its way against its mass of obstacles. The
Roman nose is a moral batteTing ram to
beat down these walls of Savagery and
Ignorance. No person with very short
nose ever made a profound impression in
the world. The hard Roman nose. push
ing its way despite all personal suffering.
has played conspicuous part in the world.
Ii dominated the Old Roman race as well as
the modern aggressive BritOn. 1t carried
Washington on TO triumph. stood in the
forefront of LincOln's unyielding strength
as il had sustained the shocks of Waterloo
in the face of the Iron Duke. Against him
was pitted the ROman-nOsed Napoleon. but
in the septum of WellingtOn's nose the
sign of synthesiS, or intellectual combina-
NioiA sAiiu NdS NciA luIEc- G.li
this caused him to hold out on that day,
even when the apparent tide of war had
turned against him until Butcher came, and
all was saved. The face OF John Wesley,
cousin of Wellington, shows the same
aggressive character. In all the great
founders of religion or of Sects we see the
same aggressive nose. 1t stands boldly
forth in the face of Zoroaster, in Mahomet,
i'm Calvin, in the otherwise gentle face OF
the Nazarene, and in the hosts of other
leaders who have done fierce battle for
opinion. Nature never puts great cause
upon n saddle-backed nose and expects it
will rise into power. 1t was not Victor
Emanuel, but rather the high-noSed
Garibaldi, who achieved the independence
of Italy. \ lOw-bridged nose will do for
the helpless of childhood or the servility of
the African, but such a bridge will never
carry a great work safely over. The
aquiline nose of the Jews has large signs
of aggression, defense and protection,
while the breadth of their nose indicates
their mOney-making propenSitieS, This
form Of the nose was common among the
old ASsyTians as shown by their sculptures
The protection Of the tip of the nose indi-
Gates observation, the questioning faculty,
and belongs To the inquiSitive mind of the
child who has everything To learn except
to ask questions? This faculty takes the
lead in our intellectual processes. as its adj
vance-guard position in the face plainly
shows. If we inquire and observe, some
discovery will follow.