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EXPRESSION.
savage people whose language is barren, or, lower still in
the scale of creation, in brute animals, which have no lan-
guage beyond the modification of a sound, the expression
of passion is observable in every part of their frame ; but
in civilized nations, having a copious language through
which they are taught to express their wants and wishes,
words supply the place of action, and gesticulation is
controlled and kept dormant, until, on a sudden impulse
being given, the restraint of habit and education is thrown
aside, and Nature proclaims herself.
Sorrow. All the muscles of the face are relaxed, the
head inclines forward, the eyebrows raised towards the
middle of the forehead, the eyelids droop, the pupil of
the eye is raised, the corners of the mouth are lowered,
and, from the laxity of the muscles, the proportion of the
face between the eye and mouth is lengthened. The same
characteristics may be observed in pity, dejection, and
melancholy.
Joy. This passion or emotion is principally expressed
by the vivid eye, the mouth slightly open and its corners
elevated. Its modifications may be considered as content,
cheerfulness.
Pain. The eyebrows are contracted, the forehead
wrinkled, the mouth slightly opened, and its corners
depressed. These characteristics belong also to anguish
and despair.
EXPRESSION.
savage people whose language is barren, or, lower still in
the scale of creation, in brute animals, which have no lan-
guage beyond the modification of a sound, the expression
of passion is observable in every part of their frame ; but
in civilized nations, having a copious language through
which they are taught to express their wants and wishes,
words supply the place of action, and gesticulation is
controlled and kept dormant, until, on a sudden impulse
being given, the restraint of habit and education is thrown
aside, and Nature proclaims herself.
Sorrow. All the muscles of the face are relaxed, the
head inclines forward, the eyebrows raised towards the
middle of the forehead, the eyelids droop, the pupil of
the eye is raised, the corners of the mouth are lowered,
and, from the laxity of the muscles, the proportion of the
face between the eye and mouth is lengthened. The same
characteristics may be observed in pity, dejection, and
melancholy.
Joy. This passion or emotion is principally expressed
by the vivid eye, the mouth slightly open and its corners
elevated. Its modifications may be considered as content,
cheerfulness.
Pain. The eyebrows are contracted, the forehead
wrinkled, the mouth slightly opened, and its corners
depressed. These characteristics belong also to anguish
and despair.