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... persons who record examinations prefer to use numerals to indi- cate the size of the organs . We describe the organs in seven degrees of power , and to indicate those degrees , employ the written úgures , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7. When ...
... persons who record examinations prefer to use numerals to indi- cate the size of the organs . We describe the organs in seven degrees of power , and to indicate those degrees , employ the written úgures , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7. When ...
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... and fall at their feet- their structure being as dense as their strength is mighty - while feeble animals have a correspondingly soft structure . In like manner , the flesh of strong persons is dense and most elastic , while.
... and fall at their feet- their structure being as dense as their strength is mighty - while feeble animals have a correspondingly soft structure . In like manner , the flesh of strong persons is dense and most elastic , while.
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... persons is dense and most elastic , while those of weakly ones are flabby , and yield to pressure . Moreover , fineness of texture manifests exquisiteness of sensibility , as seen by contrasting human organism and feelings with brutes ...
... persons is dense and most elastic , while those of weakly ones are flabby , and yield to pressure . Moreover , fineness of texture manifests exquisiteness of sensibility , as seen by contrasting human organism and feelings with brutes ...
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... persons have harmony of features , and well - balanced minds ; whereas those , some of whose features stick right out , and others fall far in , have uneven , ill - balanced characters , so that homely , disjointed ex- teriors indicate ...
... persons have harmony of features , and well - balanced minds ; whereas those , some of whose features stick right out , and others fall far in , have uneven , ill - balanced characters , so that homely , disjointed ex- teriors indicate ...
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... persons are short and broad- handed and fingered , faced , nosed , and limbed , and wide and low bodied . When the bones on the hand are prominent , all the bones , nose included , are generally so , and thus of all other ...
... persons are short and broad- handed and fingered , faced , nosed , and limbed , and wide and low bodied . When the bones on the hand are prominent , all the bones , nose included , are generally so , and thus of all other ...
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