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certain sign of a good temperament and a sound under-standing. All great and excellent men leave been found tohave their eye-bones finely arched and well defined.

Circumspection followed by stability attends square fore-heads, with spacious temples and eye-bones of the abovedescription ; when perpendicular natural wrinkles appear,they express power of mind and application, but horizontal,interrupted in the middle or broken at the extremities,betray, in general, negligence, if not want of ability.

Deep indenting bones of the forehead, situated betweenthe eyebrows, and extending in a particular direction, markthe happy few who possess generous and noble minds, con-nected with excellence of understanding; besides a blueve\n<i frontalis, in the form of a Y, situated in an archedsmooth forehead, is an indication of similar advantages.

We only remember one instance where this last caseoccurs, and that is in the person of the present Chief Jus-tice of the King’s Bench, whom we have had the honour toknow for above twenty years.

Lavater having thus given the above hints, describes thesupplementary characteristics of foreheads, w hich he assertsgive the indubitable signs of an excellent and noble dispo-sition : such must be one third of the face in length, or thatof the nose ; and from the nose to the chin, the upper partmust be oval, in the manner of the great men of England,or nearly square; the skin must be smooth, and onlywrinkled when the mind is rouzed to just indignation, ordeeply immersed in thought; and during the paroxysm ofpain the upper part must recede, and the low r er project; theeye-bones must be horizontal, and a perfect curve: upon beingobserved from above, an intersecting cavity should divide theforehead into four distinct parts, but with that precise effectas to be only visible in a clear descending light; and all theoutlines should be composed of such; if the section of onethird only is observed, it would be difficult to decide whe-ther they are circular or straight. To conclude this portraitof a transcendant forehead, the skin must be more trans-parent, and of a finer tint, than the remainder of the face.Should an infant, a relative, or a friend, who possesses aforehead resembling the above description, seriously err, thegood enthusiast entreats that the corrector may not despairof success, as in all human probability the latent seeds ofvirtue may be raised into growth by perseverance, and finallyproduce the desired fruit.

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