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 
