The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-07
Human Documents.

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nal prorensitics are always the strongest,
the intellect located in the brain having
to Keep in subsection the requirements OF
the whole body. Tho three principal fea-
lures are the eyes, the nose and the mouth,
and each of these features has its part to
play in forming the character of the indi.
vidual. The eyes, being located directly
under the brain, are the features of intel.
leot and Intelligent emotions. The nose,
being formed of bone and cartilage, shows
according to its height and prominence,
the executive power of the individual.
The greater the height and prominence Of
the bone the moro executiveness. And the
mouth which is composed of blood, tissue,
nerves and muscles, is the feature which
interprets the quality of the passions and
senses Thus the forehead and eyes are
the intellectual, the nose and cheek bones
the executive and the mouth and chin the
animal features, each defined according to
its degree of Development The top of the
eycsockets is the region of the pcrceptiye
faculties, which are located in the brain nj
the back of the frontal sinus, and these
faculties are estimated in value ACCORDING
to their external prominence
The organs which are most disoernible
may be mentioned as follows: Form color
order, calculation, time tune oonstruc
tivCness, causalitv, comparison, memory
and congruity, but to he able to define
them accurately you must learn their OK
act lnc"tun and also be very practiced in
notin cir gradations at u glance. The
eyes bong tho feature of intellect, we will
commence by explaining their characters
tics Note particularly the manner in
which they arc placed in their sockets.
There is more shrcwdncss with deepset
Ia /, he
er the eyes are set in the head the greater
their proximity to the brain. DR.. Stretch
Dowse, in writing of the nerve agents
velocity of transmission, says:
This estimation of velocity varies In re
! gard to different individuals. In fact, we
know from daily observation how variable
! in different individuals is the rapidity OF
| the sensitive and sensorial excitations and
| that of the consecutive motor reactions.
| How common the remark that such per
sons understanding is lively and active
or slow and dull! The difficulty which
! some persons have in catching q joke,
which at once makes other people laugh,
is "a striking example of inequality of per
ception. To be shrewd the brow must
| overhang the eyes When the eyes are level
with the forehead, it then denotes lack
of perception, and such people are dull
more readily receives impressions from
surrounding objects. 1t indicates ready
and universal observation, but a lack Of
close scrutiny and perception of individual
things Deep set eyes receive more deflnite
and accurate impressions, buttheir possess
ors are less readily impressed and less
discursive in their views. Round eyed per
sons see much and live much in the senses
but think less. Narrow eyed persons see
less but think more and feel more in
tensey The larger the pupil of the eye
the clearer the intellect and the quicker
the powers of comprehension. People who
show the whites above and below the pu-
pill are generally very restless and half
simple. You will seldom find this kind Of
eye in clever or sensible people. 1t is gcn-
orally known as the stupid eye
The color of the eyes is caused by fluids
of various tints and shades, the darker
the more condensed in quality. Thus dark
eyes indicate power and light ones deli
cacy. There are no such things as black
eyes, though they are aften written and
spoken about. The darkness is caused sim
ply by condensation of the pigment,
which, if dissolved in spirit or acid, would
be of the palest yellow tint. There are
many characteristics apple to the color
of the eyes, but fear there Is no anatom-
ical basis for them. III re is certainly
more passion and intensity in dark eyas,
whereas gray and light eyes are caloulat-
ing, cool and precise. One generally hear,
of gray eyed people being greedy, but this
greed seems to me to be more the outcome
of calculation and anxiety for gain than
for the satisfaction or qualification of tht
physical senses Prominence or fullncss
under the eyes indicates large language
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speakers and writer's.
The organ of language, or eloquence, a;
it ought more properly to be called, lies in
the brain behind the ball of the eye, al
the top, and when large it pushes the eye
outward and downward, causing promi
nence or anterior projection. Professor
Terrier and other anatomists have local
lied this organ in the same position as thu
phrGnologiSts-viZ, the third frontal con
, volution of the BRAIN but they term il
speech, which is mora correct interpreta
ton, as people are apt to imagine that thu
, word language means, the faculty TO learr
/ or speak foreign languages. That woult
I be quickness of learning and is aulled ap
, plicationi Language in this sense means
eloquenne, and great speakers and writers
have this particular tullness under th
eyes You must be careful not 10 confounC
this fullness with 'bagginess, the result
, generally of i'll health or dissipation.
! The. eyes of Charles Dickens, Disraeli
t Gladstone, Shakespeare, Byron and man,
other great writer's and speakers illustrat
the organ of language. Musicians ar
generally fully developed under the eyes
+ but that is due to the development of tn
organs Of time and tune, which lie at tn
z top of the eyebalL Music is the languag
/, of the soul and EXPRESSES itself in sound
as ideas would in speech. There is a grea
q deal Of character in the eyes, and thei
. 1eeting expressions alone show almost al
4 the mental emotions of mirth, fear, anger
horror, love and astonishmnt.-New Yor
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