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face, or measure the proportions of the 

 various features to each other, — mouth, 

 eyes, upper lip, chin, etc. Furthermore, 

 if we wish to study the faces of "great 

 men" it is more difificult still to go about 

 the world capturing "great men" and 

 measuring their noses. There are never 

 many really great men alive at any one 

 time, but there have been a good 

 many men in the world's history 

 acknowledged as great, and these have 

 nearly always left their portraits 

 behind them. So if there is any way of 

 using these painted records, abundant 

 material is placed at once at our 

 disposal. Also we have the modern 

 photographs of recent and living men, 

 who are among the most eminent of 

 their time. These can be compared 

 with groups of men a little less eminent, 

 and the latter with other groups less 

 eminent still, until the true average or 

 mediocre class is reached. 



The second random test happened 

 to be taken from a work called "Orators 

 of England" edited by Guv C. Lee, 

 (2 vols., Putnam, 1902). These ap- 

 pear to me to be classifiable as follows: 



Nose 



ing people, and that means a very great 

 distinction, as there are probably not 

 as many as three hundred persons in 

 the whole world's history whose fame 

 is great enough to meet that test.^ 

 R. B. Sheridan, Francis Bacon, Crom- 

 well, Walpole, Chatham, Burke, W. 

 Pitt, Jr., Charles James Fox, Macaulay, 

 Peel, Lytton, Disraeli, and Gladstone 

 are the thirteen whom I presume 

 would mean at least something to 

 every educated English or American 

 person. 



My own estimate shows, out of a 

 total of twenty-two, sixteen with 

 noses large or long, five average, and 

 one small or short. The check opinion 

 gives 15, 7, 0, and is confirmatory. 

 The large or long are twice as numerous 

 as the other two grades. 



The next test is taken from Vols. 

 5, 8, 9 and 10 of the same work: 

 "Orators of Modern Europe" and 

 "Orators of America." The lists fol- 

 low. 



"Orators of Modern Europe," Edited 

 by Guy C. Lee. N. Y. and London— 

 1902. (Putnam): 



Nose 

 Lamartine long 



Mirabeau average 



Vergniaud small 



Robespierre average 



Danton average 



Bonaparte long or average 



Chateaubriand average 



Kossuth average 



Mazzini long 



Gambetta large 



This is a list of very famous men 

 indeed. At least thirteen of the twenty- 

 two are so famous as to have been 

 heard of by all educated English speak- 



' Statement based on experience in presenting lists of famous men to groups of friends and 

 acquaintances. 



