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manifestations. If those signs can be permanently 

 recorded, and automatically enumerated, this ob- 

 jection seems greatly lessened. 



Camper * thus wrote : " An oppressed, sorrowful, 

 and melancholy person, lets his head sink down- 

 wards, or he supports it with his hand ; the equipoise 

 is no longer maintained by the muscles of the neck ; 

 that is, the nerves belonging to those muscles are 

 rendered inert. 



" A lively contented laugher, on the other hand, 

 raises his head, and his breast is agitated. In the 

 excess of his emotion, he places both his hands to 

 his sides, as it were to support his body. At length 

 his legs begin to refuse their office, and he would 

 fall to the ground if the fit continued. 



"A person in the impetus of rage, beats with 

 hands and feet, stamps till the ground shakes under 

 him ; and his face is convulsed in a thousand forms. 



" Deep reverence makes the tongue to falter, an 

 inward trembling impedes the motion of the body ; 

 the most lively and expressive eyes are abashed, 

 and look downwards ; the heart flutters ; if shame 

 accompany this emotion, as is frequently the case, 

 the face, neck, and breast are immediately painted 

 of a crimson colour. 



"It would be endless to particularize every 

 emotion in a similar manner. The observation 

 deducible from these effects is, that in every 

 emotion of the mind particular nerves are affected ; 

 . . . orators and public -actors have the superior 

 advantage of giving the greatest force to the 



* " On Painting, Sculpture, etc.," p. 129. 



