An original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart (1873) (14776136101)

Identifier: originalillustra00simm (find matches)
Title: An original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress) DLC Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Physiognomy
Publisher: Glasgow : Dunn & Wright, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ausages, &c.Never use tobacco or alcoholic liquors in any form; and shun a materialistas you would the cholera, or small-pox, or black-death. B. To RErRESS Spiritual Hope:—Measure every spiritual desire bythe rule of physics; ask for material demonstrations of a future life, andif you are favoured by the good will of God with what you desire, dontbelieve a word of it, but denounce it as the work of the devil; and lastof all quote Scripture profanely, sneer at all that is considered sacred,but take heed to what Carlyle has said so well:— There is but one thingwithout honour; smitten with eternal barrenness, inability to be or to do—insincerity, unbelief. He who believes no thing, who believes only theshows of things, is not in relation with nature and fact at all. PURITATIYENESS. THE VIRTUE OF CHASTITY AND INNOCENCE UNDEFILED. A clear, bright eye, a broad, Jiigh forehead, evenly developed lips, vithrejincd and intelligent countenance, cere some of the signs of purity of mind.
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Puritativeness small.Patagonian. Puritativeness large.Lucre tia Mott. 1. Corruption enters largely into your composition, so much so, thatyou may aptly be likened to a cesspool—the receptacle for any filth. 2. Impregnated with sin and iniquity, your natural depravity ren-tiers you liable to misdemeanour or any culpable act. 192 PUrjTATIVENESS. 3. Being liable to stumble and trip into indiscretions, from tbenatural pollution of your mind, you require to edulcorate your pro-pensities with pure and unsullied thoughts. 4. The amount of artificiality in your character speaks weakly onvirtues behalf. 5. Though not at all past reclamation, yet the tendency to corrupt-ness and depravity steals often into your constitution. 6. So constituted, you should emulate and imitate the noble life ofMadame Roland, Mrs Fry, Madame Guizot, and John Howard, in theirpublic characteristics.