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, ill, deed, the ftudy of human features is what we 
all apply to, more or lefs, without forming a regular 
fyftem from our obfervations, for the purpofe of ac- 
complilhing the grand obje6f in view', w'hich is to 
trace efte6fs to their caufes by the lines and move- 
ments of the face, fo far as to know and diftinguith 
the different qualities of the heart and mind, to- 
gether with their true refpe61ive figns, as applicable 
to all cafes and fituations : in Ihort, it is learning to 
read the moft effential pages in the great book and 
language of Nature. 
In this career a pupil fliould a£f like a prudent 
architeft, who draws the plan of an edifice, and 
makes an eftimate of the expences, before he begins 
to execute it, without knowing whether the means 
correfpond w'ith ' his defign. In like manner 
1 .avater's difciples, and our’s, ought to feel their 
owm zeal, faith, and faculties, equal to the obje6fs 
which we wifli them to attain from the following 
leffons on this important fubjefl. 
1ft. In the firft place we muft examine carefully 
every fubftance inherent in the human fpecies, and 
what diftinguifties our fiefli and blood from brutes 
and the vegetable creation, in order to feel an ade- 
quate idea of our own importance in the fcale of 
beings. 
2dly. We muft afterwards take not only each limb 
and feature, but their harmony conne6ted with the 
whole, as objedfs to be feparately ftudiedj nor 
K Ihould 
