Cygnus (the swan), Auriga (the charioteer), Capella (the goat), Taurus (the bull), Gemini (the twins), Canis Major (the great dog), and Canis Minor (the little dog), the Milky Way, Cancer (the crab), Leo (the lion), and all the other well-known stars and constellations, will unfold to children not only a knowledge of localities, but will store their minds with astronomy, mythology, ancient history, and an understanding of the religious beliefs of former ages. A few evenings every season passed in this manner would soon give a child a great store of practical matters. It is most gratifying to observe the enthusiasm with which children enter into the study of the sciences out of doors and upon the living subjects, as among birds, beasts, and vegetation.

The study of physiognomy is one of great interest to children. I have seen a class of little girls interested in this science who were able to make out just and accurate observations of form, feature, and color, as observed in the human face, and who could apply many of the rules and laws for distinguishing and localizing the several signs of character in the face and body.

Locality is a universal fact for the reason that everything in existence is placed, located, situated, or positioned in relation to every other object in the universe. Locality, like Number, is omnipresent, for the base of all things is Number; all things may be counted and reckoned, hence time (which has in it the element of Number) and space (or position, situation, or place) are general and universal, and govern and control, underlie and lie back of all matter, materials, and objects.

As we advance in our study of the higher faculties of mind, such as we are now investigating, we find that they assume very broad proportions, and are related to all things in Nature, as well as relate man to all other material objects, laws, and principles. Man is the embodiment of all laws, forces, principles, and forms known, as shown in the second chapter, Part I, but which are more minutely elaborated in the chapter on "The Basic Principles of Form."

In order to be in harmony with his surroundings, man must be able not only to recognize the ethnic characteristics inscribed on the physiognomies of all races and people, but he must be able to comprehend the hieroglyphics of the Infinite inscribed upon every atom and object in the universe. This knowledge could only be sought through the agency of faculties partaking of the nature of the object or law investigated. The science of physiognomy proves this, for we know that a man who possesses a strong color-sense is best able to judge of colors; that one with a musical build is best able to judge of musical tones and harmonies; and that one

endowed in the matter of Form is most capable of judging of shapes, etc. So one possessed with a fine sense of Locality and direction is best able as an astronomer, scientist, or geographer to comprehend the immensities of space, and to trace with the eye of the mind, as well as with the physical sight, the paths of worlds through time, space, and eternity. In short, man must be en rapport with his environment, and as time wings its onward flight, and brings about great revolutions in Nature, so we find that man also, under the irresistible law of progressive evolution, is prepared to take his place, and work in harmony and unison with the advanced order of the universe. And all this progress is by plan, design, and law of the Creative Mind, for we cannot conceive of anything but mind being able to control such vast and complex interests, because we perceive that nothing but mind is able to comprehend these grandeurs. It is true that in this physical state it is embodied in a fleshly form suited to its environment, yet the mental part of man is the part which takes cognizance of and applies all material forces to his needs. When I say the "mental part" of man I mean to include every sensation, feeling, sentiment, faculty, and thought of which he is capable; they are all mental in different degrees and in different ways, and all together make up what is termed "human character," as exhibited in our present phase of existence in time and space.

THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM.

WEIGHT.

Definition.-Natural perception of the laws of resistance, gravity, momentum, direction, balance, motion, and weight; capacity for estimating weights by lifting and by sight; ability to adjust the muscular mechanism of the body to suit shifting positions, as when on shipboard, in skating, dancing, using hammers and tools, etc.

An excess leads to excess of motion, as in dancing, skating, athletics, and other sports, and to speculations upon gravity and futile inventions based on the principles of mechanics.

A deficiency tends to inertia, lack of force, and inaccuracy in many arts; also feebleness in walking, dancing, athletics, balancing, jumping, leaping, and skating. It causes, also, poor judgment of weights and of the mechanical forces which are the propelling and controlling powers in running machinery.

Facial and Bodily Signs.-The most decisive facial sign of the muscular system (next to the eye) is the local sign for the sense of Weight. I might with perfect accuracy term this the sign for the muscular system, but as all have eyes by which they can easily

and accurately estimate the amount of muscle as well as its quality, and as every one does not possess a large sign for the sense of Weight, and, again, as this sign is not very conspicuous until after the muscles have been used continuously in some mechanical or artistic pursuit, I cannot accept it as the principal facial sign for the muscular system. The sign for Weight is known by a fullness of the superciliary muscle at the junction of this muscle with the ethmoid bone or at the inner terminus of the eyebrow. There are other

facial signs of the muscular sense of Weight subordi nate to these principal ones. They are found in the rounding out of the sides of the forehead, full convex eyes, and curving lower jaw, the "dramatic jaw.” These are all signs of the dominance of the muscular system, and are representative of parts which assist the sense of Weight in its attempts at muscular adjustments, as in posing, balancing, climbing, play

(DISTINGUISHED MATHEMATICIAN, ASTRON- ing instruments, skating,

OMER, AND SCIENTIST.)

Born in Spain, 1786. Conspicuous facial sign, Weight, shown by muscular development at the junction of the brow and nose. The law of the straight line, curve, and sphere governs this face. The signs for Conscience, Firmness, Patriotism, and Love of Home are large. Benevolence, Love of Young, Modesty, Mirthfulness, Approbativeness, Alimentiveness, and Friendship are conspicuous. The sign for Modesty is well defined, while Amativeness is normal. The length of the nose announces Caution; in it the signs for Human Nature, Sublimity, Analysis, Constructiveness, Acquisitiveness, Veneration, and Self-will are very pronounced; Observation, Locality, Weight, Form, Size, Color, and Calculation are marked, while Language, Memory of Events, Reason, and Intuition are preeminent. Credenciveness and Prescience are only slightly manifested.

and in the use of mechanical tools and machinery. The shape of the limbs, hands, and feet are also indices of the sense of Weight. Arms and legs that are well rounded show a greater degree of the muscular sense of Weight than very thin, bony ones.

or those which are greatly lacking in muscle. Hands that are muscular, with tapering fingers and oval nails, announce the presence of this sense. The body most favorably constructed for the active use of this faculty is one in which the bony system is square, with limbs long rather than short, and the muscles round and dominating the bones.

DESCRIPTION OF WEIGHT.-The proofs as to which system is the base of the sense of Weight are so numerous and so easily observed that the bare mention of them will suffice to demonstrate

that the muscular system is (with slight assistance from the nervous mechanism) the main source of this sense, which promotes in a most supreme manner the hundreds of complicated movements of the muscles which are necessary in the pursuit of every trade and many professions. Suppose, for illustration, that a man could be born and exist with a mere thread-like trace of a muscular system and with a large brain of fair quality, capable of clear thinking and susceptible of education from books, his hands would be, of course, very small

and feeble, his limbs useless for extended locomotion, and he would be utterly unable to be taught any art or trade, owing to want of muscular development. This fine, large brain might think out good or even grand thoughts, but he would not be able to play an instrument well, fill a tooth, make a chair, play ball, or dance, row, skate, or swim skillfully. If to this otherwise good brain and physique a fair share of muscle could be added he might perform all of these acts. The muscular mechanism in combination with the bony frame-work is the source of external motion, of the activity of the members of the body, and of the movements of the trunk.

FIG. 102-MARCO POLO. (CELEBRATED TRAVELER
AND AUTHOR.)

Born in Venice, 1250. Conspicuous facial sign, Weight. The law of the straight line and curve governs this face. The signs for many of the domestic traits are hidden, yet a very good judgment can be formed from those that are visible. Alimentiveness, Sanativeness, Friendship, and Benevolence are large. Conscientiousness and Firmness are well defined. In the nose the signs for Ideality, Sublimity, Analysis, Hope, Constructiveness, Acquisitiveness, Pneumativeness, Veneration, Executiveness, and Self-will are large. The signs for Observation, Form, Size, Order, Weight, and Locality are conspicuous; also Calculation, Memory, Reason, and Intuition. Credenciveness and Prescience are small.

One portion of the muscular system-the heart-is the centre and source of all internal motion. The heart is also a purely muscular organ. The heart once set in motion by vital processes creates the motive power (by its periodic contractions and rhythmic motions) by which the lungs, liver, and all other organs are kept at work. The circulation of the blood is the principal business of the heart. This circulation, by sending the blood to the brain, gives it power to think, and by carrying blood to all parts of the body-to the bones as well as to the muscles-it gives them the power to move and act.

The elements of motion, of density, of gravity, and of force are all inherent in the muscular system. Motion is the primary principle in the muscular tissue, and motion is the base of all the sense-organs, as is proven by the tremors of the nervous tissue while in the process of transmitting to and from the brain the intelligence of which the sight, hearing, etc., have become cognizant. Looking and moving the eye from one point to another is a mode of motion; so, also, putting the ear on stretch, as in listening, sets vibrating delicate muscular fibres as well as nerves. Talking is also produced by motions of the muscles involved in the act of speaking, and vocal sound is motion through the atmosphere. Curving is the essential property of muscles as well as of motion primarily, as in the spherical form of the earth and in the rotatory motion of the solar system, for any object which produces continuous motion must be circuloid in form.

Memory in many departments is unconscious registration in the muscles of the motions which they automatically reproduce after continued exercise, as in singing, playing instruments, dancing, etc. So the major part of memory is dependent upon the motions made by the muscles of the eye, ear, hand, body, and limbs. Memory, in fact, in all cases is made conscious to us through motions of the nervous or muscular fibres; and all motions carry with them the element of weight or force, and mus cular beings are most susceptible to the impressions made by force. motion, movement, density, and weight, because their own muscular powers are organized upon the mechanical principles which include all of the laws of these forces. For proof, investigate the science of sound; consider its action and form through the atmos phere; it is wave-like or curved in its passage through the air. and the sound-waves are propagated with force through the air toward the ear, which in its outline is curved. The internal parts of the ear present a wonderful array of curved, convoluted, or circular tubes, as seen in the cochlea. Now, these muscular fibres and pipes are capable, with the assistance of the auditory nerves, of distinguishing the pitch or force of every sound which the ear receives, and the most perfectly-constructed ears are those most capable of recognizing differences in the degrees of force; while the most musically-constructed ears are most capable of judging of the pitch, force, and quality of musical tones, showing that the ear, like the eye, has in its construction all the elements of organi zation which sound and light possess and exhibit. Thus it is shown that the undulations of light are curvilinear, else they could not be propagated through the air. Sound is also curred in its form, and is thus able to move through the atmosphere at a high