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both scalp and eyebrows is common and frequently 

 early in men of both temperaments ; the face 

 growth is more persistent. In the less impas- 

 sioned man the face hair is often irregular or 

 patchy, and tends to be more abundant on the 

 upper lip and chin and perhaps the margin of the jaw. 

 But not very rarely the individual hairs though not 

 thickly planted are of large diameter, and if evenly 

 distributed may give the delusive appearance of some- 

 what massive growth. Nevertheless, even in these 

 cases, the hair-area less frequently extends so far 

 upwards along the cheek or so far downwards along 

 the neck as in the more impassioned. Probably a 

 baby which takes after a more impassioned parent will 

 have, even at birth, a more marked head of hair than 

 its brother or sister who takes after a less impas- 

 sioned father or mother. 



For various reasons precipitate judgment is unwise. 

 Not only is early baldness of head-hair and of eye- 

 brows common in men, and may, though much 

 less frequently, occur in women, but certain states of 

 health occasionally thin or remove the hair. Very fine 

 hair, especially if also of light colour, in a woman's 

 eyebrow or on a man's face may easily give the 

 impression that the growth is more sparing than it 

 really is. On the other hand, an erroneous judgment 

 may easily be formed, because, when the hair-growth 

 is not thickly planted it may nevertheless seem to be 

 so if it is uncut and uncared for, or if the individual 

 hairs are of large diameter and there is no tendency to 

 baldness. It is the relative numbers, and area, and 

 vigour of growth, not the size of individual hairs which 

 chiefly indicate a given variety of nervous organisa- 

 tion. The man whose face is kept in order by shaving 



