The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-01
knowledge Of Noses.


Lavater, the eminent physiognomist,
In one OF his essays, says: Il have
never seen nose with a broad back,
whether arched or rectilinear, that did
not appertain to an extraordinary man.
We may examine thousands of counten-
ances and numbers OF portraits of supe.
rior men before we find such one"
The busts, pictures, and statues por.
traying the features and personality of
the most celebrated generals, states
men. orators, philosophers, scientists,
and architects, which are exhibited in
the art galleries of the world, reveal to
us-f art can be relied on-that the
faces of Galen, Hippocrates. Aristotle,
Alexander, Cicero, Archimedes, Julius
Caesar, Demosthenes, Cato, Lucretius,
Sesostris, Plato, Josephus. and many
other men Of eminence, possessed un-
usually large noses, many of them
"broad on the back" as Lavater ex-
presses it, and not one exhibits an un-
developed or small nasal organ. These
noses vary in form, but can be classified
at sight by one understanding the mean
ing Of the forms of the nose All these
men were master minds in different de-
partments of thought and action.
We will now return to more modern
times, and recall to the mind of the
reader the physiognomies of the
more recent men of intellect-masters
In art, science, government, literature,
and leadership. We shall find the field
quite as rich as that of the ancients.
Let it be understood that each depart
ment of activity has form or shape
peculiar to itself. Scientific, mechanical,
and philosophical noses are long, prom
inent, and bony, and where there is
talent they are "broad on the back" as
well. Musical noses are short, thick,
round, soft, and muscular. CONNER
cial noses are large, thick, long, with
more muscle than bone, and of equal
width the entire length, sometimes
straight in outline and sometimes con-
vex. Executive noses often present
very high outline just below the juno
tion with the forehead. This nose is de-
nominated the "Roman nose," and be-
longs to those who have naturally
excellent ability as generals, leaders,
superintendent, etc.
The largest noses known to modern
times are, among commanders, those OF
Washington, Garibaldi Cromwell,
Wellington, Napoleon, Napier, Scott,
Sherman, and Farragut; among states
men, Lord Chatham, William Pitt,
Lord Brougham, Jefferson, Jackson,
Franklin, Thomas Paine, Metternich,
Palmerston, John Adams. and Glad
stone. 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, Longfellow, and
Whittier. This class of noses exhibits
straight outline in the descent from
the forehead to the tip, and this form
is characteristic of most writer's Of ele-
giant literature.
Perhaps the most massive noses are
found in the countenances OF astrono-
mers and philosophers. Among as
tronomers, note the following: La
Grange, De Lambre, Enler, Haller,
Herschel, and Proctor. Philosophers
and scientists lead the world in regard
to size of nose.