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ADDITIONS.

1.

FROM a section of this forehead, singly considered, without the top and back of the head, something excellent might be expected; so difficult is it to discriminate between this and the best built foreheads. But, as soon as the whole is taken collectively, all expectation of great powers of mind will vanish, and we must content ourselves with discovering, in this head of mediocrity, incapable of profound research, or great productions, a degree of benevolence, not very active, and inoffensive patience.

II.

THE weakest, and the most benevolent, cannot but remark that this worthy man has some phlegmatic, gross, sensuality, with which he is obliged to contend; neither will we be so unjust as to expect any deep research; yet must I entreat that the good which is here bestowed by nature may not be overlooked. Let the upper and under part of this, perhaps ill-drawn, countenance

be covered, and the middle will discover a degree of capability, information, cultivation, and taste, superior to the rest. It is highly probable that, were it not for the predominant inclination to indolence, such a profile might become an orator, or a poet, and certainly a man of wit.

III.

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A GOOD, but circumscribed, countenance, incapable of any high or profound exercise of the understanding. Without being stupid, the forehead, scarcely, could be more flat, unproductive, or contracted. The nose, alone, has capacity. The under part of the countenance is as determinate, and speaks the same language, as the upper. The whole narrow and confused. A propensity to, and a want of, the aid of religion.

IV.

SOME degrees more capacious and powerful than the foregoing. Equal benevolence, more of religion, a greater promptitude to business, and desire of information. Peculiar and active penetration is not to be expected from such countenances.

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