Physiognomy illustrated; or, nature's revelations of character : A description of the mental, moral, and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance / By Joseph Simms, M.D. ... Complete in one volume and illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings.

  • Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920.
Date:
1887 [©1887]
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Credit: Physiognomy illustrated; or, nature's revelations of character : A description of the mental, moral, and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance / By Joseph Simms, M.D. ... Complete in one volume and illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    SO that the time may come when it will be seen that the powers of the human mind are as innumerable as the sands d the sea shore. **Curb, then, flaming dogmatists, your pious wrath •• Canute-like, ye may sit upon the shore Opposing angry foam with angry froth; But with encroaching wave and growing roar It comes, your sand-placed thrones must topple o'er, Whelmed in the wave that but recedes to gain A higher leap and wider than before. Scold not the waves, they but obey the plain Resistless destiny, that rules Mind, like the main. George Canning, a famous British statesman, poet, wit, brilliant debater, sapient intellect, and powerful leader of his party, notwithstand- ing his squat and undersized forehead. This profile denotes untiring per- severence, sterling energy, thorough education, and a judicious and honest thinker.