eyebrow. Y Normal. Passiveness.
E Eccentric. Stupor.
E Concentric. Scorn.
Eccentric eyebrow. Y Normal. Disdain.
E Eccentric. Astonishment.
[Illustration: Criterion of the Eyes.]
The nine expressions of the eye correspond to each of the nine
movements of the head. Thus the eye may give nine types of affection,
nine of pride, nine of sensualism, etc. This gives eighty-one
expressions of the eye. Hence, knowing eighteen elements, we inevitably
possess eighty-one.
The nine expressions of the eye may be verified by the criterion.
As a model, we give the nine expressions of the eye in the subjoined
chart.
GENUS. SPECIES.
1 3 2
Eye eccentric. Eye normal. Eye concentric.
Eyebrow Firmness. Bad humor. Contention of
conc. mind.
II
Eyebrow Stupor. Passive state. Grief.
III
Eyebrow Inspiration. Disdain. Scorn.
I
For ordinary purposes it is sufficient to understand the nine primary
expressions. There are many others which we merely indicate. In sleep
there may be an inclination either way. The top of the eyebrow may be
lifted.
Thus in the concentric state, three types may be noted, and these go to
make twenty-seven primary movements. The lower eyelid may be contracted;
the twenty-seven first movements may be examined with this, which makes
2x27.
A movement of the cheek may contract the eye in an opposite direction,
and this contraction may be total, which makes eighty-one expressions
belonging to the normal glance alone.
This direct glance may also be direct on the inferior plane, which makes
2x81; for these are distinct expressions which cannot be confounded.
This movement could again be an upward one, which would make 3x81.
The movement may be outward and superior, or it may be simply outward;
it may also be outward and inferior. A special sense is attached to each
of these movements,--a sense which cannot be confounded with any of the
preceding movements.
By making the same computation for the three glances above noted, we
shall have from eight to nine hundred movements.
All this may appear complicated, but with the key of the primary
movements, no
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