That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is a presumption likely enough in itself, and therefore a safe one to go by; borne out as it is by the fact that people are always anxious to see anyone who has made himself famous... photography, on that very account of such high value, affords the most complete satisfaction of our curiosity.

1850, "Physiognomy," in Religion: A Dialogue and Other Essays, trans. T. Bailey Saunders (London: George Allen and Unwin, undated ) page: 75

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