54 EXPRESSION. 



account before considering expression by the 

 features. 



An erect carriage may be given to the body by 

 haughtiness, conceit, the exercise of authority, or 

 the presence of ennobling thoughts ; but very differ- 

 ent is the direction of the eye in these different 

 circumstances. In haughtiness the upward head 

 contrasts with the somewhat downward glance, in- 

 dicating that it is the height pertaining to self which 

 occupies the mind and which looks down on others ; 

 in conceit the straying of the eyes over the person, 

 and the glancing about to take note of the effect 

 on others, show how approbation is sought for ; in 

 command the glance is direct, as of one who would 

 bring his personality right into contact with those 

 whom he would wield ; but in ennobling thought 

 the eye, as well as the body, is turned upwards as if 

 both were governed by a power above them. 



In kneeling in worship the idea is that of humilia- 

 tion before a superior Being, and if the eyes are 

 directed upwards, it is because the mind naturally 

 associates the rule of such a Being over us with a 

 dwelling above us ; while if the hands are clasped 

 or crossed on the breast, it is the natural conclusion 

 of a motion of the arms towards one another as if 

 in desire to receive. I venture to think that this is 

 a more natural explanation of clasped hands than 



