Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-04


po&er - create or Reproduce. an object
* sense previously preceiFed: the power
g. recall = mental or spiritual State
that has before besn sxperienced through
action. for they speak louder than words.
And A. ltnagiasiioa hotlsss forth.
ki,e form VI things anknoea. the paei's Ten
1tiFns thetn ~ sha3e aosi gives 10 airy ntsthlng
A ioeai bablfzflon. and natns.
Mind Is noa Acknowledged 10 be the
entity II immortal life: IL behooves Va to
be able 10 read il through the action
and form II the BODY. Mind isthe prin-
eiple that causes the loiy's action OF
movement. it quickeas. makes alive. Wi.
lies or resuscltaies. an entity II ahimates
the body
Ia 10 age Ok the worlds history has
there been such an important discovery.
IL Nil eivliixe the world "a he able %
rad mind. Sl0sly &C Nill xiii evil crime
Wili he ehoked cut q existence; children
viii - horn pure II nind and grow up
10 purity. II mao or woman has evil
thoughts they can bo read. and not be
allowed 10 keep them Men will shun
you for fear % detection and grow 10
love purity. Men aud women will DO
drawn together IN brotherly and sisterly
love. and call themselves a union with
out ruler or rulers
Tbs subject - now attracting more
attention than at any previous time
since the death II l-avatef aud We hope
u sc this lnteFest 20 on Increasing till
physiogn omy shall form part Of the
eiucation II every Individual but
many stiil look upon u a. mere fanci
iui ART utterly Incapable Of bcing r.
duced 10 a scientific formula aud fitted
ouly ~ amuse the IDLE and the curious.
We shall show L IS something more
that IL not yet entitled 10 the dignity II
a science. Il has al least tho elements of
science IA IL. aud can successfully claim
- rank among the useful branches Of
knowledge.
IL j. universally practiced. Every
body believes and practices phy siog-
noIay. though ia most eases without
being aware Of IL We instinctisely, as
It were. Judge the quality oi things by
these outward Appearances are said 10
be often deceitfuL They are sometimcs
seemingly 80; but IN most eases. II not
IA ALL II Is our observation that Is in
fault. We have but to look again aad
more closely. and carefully. 10 pierce the
disguise when the thing will appear to
he just what II j.. Appearances do not
often deceive the Intelligent observer.
a weak man seldom appears TO be strong
or sick man 10 be- well, and Misc man
does not look like fool. We can not
possibly conceive Of Webster with the
meaningless face and small. backward
slOping head Of al idiot. The very ant
of DISSEMINATION. sometimes urged as an
objection. Is founded on physiognolnical
principles. III knavc try To- appear
ike an honest man. il Is because be
recognizes the fact that honesty has
certain characteristic expression. aad
knows that hrs fellow men are aware
what that expression is He hopes 10
pass of his counterfeit for the real coin
which il slightly resembles
Men. women and even children make
a practical application Of physiognomy
every day ~ their lives aud ia almost
every transaction. from the selection OF
a kitten or puppy to the choosing Of
wife or a husband. When a cartman
wants a suitable horse for his dray he
never by mistake buys a racer: and the
sportsman who is seeking a fox hound
can never be deceived into buying 81
bull dog They have not studied ply
siognonIy n a science. but they know
thiEk that IL a big listed bullet headed
boxer putting on the garb 81 gentle
man were 20 offer himself Ia you as a
teacher u dancing or OF drawing that
you could bc induced 10 imply
him in either 81 those capacities;
by no meanss You would see az
glance the physiognomal signs Of his
real avocation. Instead 81 those Of his
assumed profession lt - not necessary
10 ask Dinah whether she be accom-
plished IA line sewing and embroidery
or not. IL Is enough To look al her face
or her hands
We say u one man. he has an honest
look and We tsust him knowing moth.
ing more: but with another. whose APP
pearauce il against him we will have
nothing 20 do There are those whoee
faces. though perhaps far from being
beautiful. ~ the ordinary sense % the
word. win their way at once 10 the
hoart On the other hand there arc
individuals from whom the first
impression We receive Is that II
rcpuIsion. IL not absolute antipa.
fhy. We dislike them. We shrink
from them W. know not why.
Men take each others measure whom
they meet Tor the first time and every
time thes meet. How DO they get this
rapfi knoxieige even before they speak
of each other power and disposiiiong
One xould say that the persuasion ~
their speech - not 10 what they say. az
that men DO not convince BY their aFgu.
mont fnf ~ their rorarraltfx