Excerpt from The Synthetic Philosophy of Expression as Applied to the Arts of Reading, Oratory, and Personation<br><br>Taking a comprehensive survey of the mass of material left by the early physiognomists, he correlated the empirical observations of such more modern writers as Lavater, Gratiolet, and Piderit with the exact scientific knowledge of Sir Charles Bell and Duchenne, in their studies of the Anatomy of Expression; and by a series of broad generalizations founded his philosophy upon three principles which must forever remain as foundations of the Philosophy of Human Ex pression.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.