182 WHAT FORMS SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT MAKBY. 



TJiose whose faces are long, slim, and thin, should 

 many those having short, broad, round, full-moon faces. 

 The physiognomical sign of a consumptive taint is thinness 

 from the lower part of the eyes, as you pass straight down ; 

 that is, where the hectic flush of those in consumption 

 appears ; and such should marry those full there, who, 

 when they laugh, show a large muscle, starting at the middle 

 of each side of the nose, and running obliquely towards the 

 ears. 



Heavy lower jaws, which signifies animal vigor, are 

 adapted to light ; but two with heavy ones would create 

 offspring tending too strongly to the animal, and two who 

 have too light ones, those too feeble physically to become, 

 accomplish, or enjoy much. 



Large mouths and lips signify hearty sexualities. 

 Females having small mouths are poorly adapted to large fea- 

 tured, bony, broad-built, robust men. 



Nor should two with narrow, retreating chins marry ; 

 but such should be paired off with those which are broad, 

 prominent, and projecting downward. 



A straight up and down profile is adapted to one which 

 resembles the new moon, with the nose projecting, but the 

 forehead and chin retiring. 



It is not well for two having very fine, soft hair and 

 skin to marry, lest their offspring be too exquisitely organ- 

 ized for their strength ; nor should two very coarse haired, 

 lest their children prove too coarse and animal ; yet those 

 whose hair and skin are average, may marry fine, or coarse, 

 or medium. 



Those whose hair curls naturally should not marry 

 curls unless they can be easily taken off but should select 

 those whose hair lies so close and smooth as to fairly shine, 

 while wavy hair is adapted to either or neither. 



These cases are instanced, among thousands of like ones, 

 less on their own account, than as illustrations of the law 

 involved, which, once understood, becomes a guide in all 

 other cases. 



