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biting everything within reach. So it is, as I hear from 

 Mr. Scott, with Hindoo children; and, as we have seen, 

 with the yonng of the anthropomorphous apes. 



But the muscular system is often affected in a wholly 

 different way; for trembling is a frequent consequence 

 of extreme rage. The paralysed lips then refuse to obey 

 the will, " and the voice sticks in the throat; " 7 or it 

 is rendered loud, harsh, and discordant. If there be 

 much and rapid speaking, the mouth froths. The hair 

 sometimes bristles; but I shall return to this subject 

 in another chapter, when I treat of the mingled emo- 

 tions of rage and terror. There is in most cases a 

 strongly-marked frown on the forehead; for this follows 

 from the sense of anything displeasing or difficult, to- 

 gether with concentration of mind. But sometimes the 

 brow, instead of being much contracted and lowered, 

 remains smooth, with the glaring eyes kept widely open. 

 The eyes are always bright, or may, as Homer expresses 

 it, glisten with fire. They are sometimes bloodshot, and 

 are said to protrude from their sockets — the result, no 

 doubt, of the head being gorged with blood, as shown 

 by the veins being distended. According to Gratiolet, 8 

 the pupils are always contracted in rage, and I hear from 

 Dr. Crichton Browne that this is the case in the fierce 

 delirium of meningitis; but the movements of the iris 

 under the influence of the different emotions is a very 

 obscure subject. 



Shakspeare sums up the chief characteristics of rage 

 as follows: — 



" In peace there's nothing" so becomes a man, 

 As modest stillness and humility; 

 But when the blast of war blows in our ears, 



7 Sir C. Bell (' Anatomy of Expression,' p. 95) has some 

 excellent remarks on the expression of rage. 



8 ' De la Physionomie,' 1865, p. 346. 



