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Physiognomies, bibliography of, 84; defined, 85; basis of, 86; best studied in children and simple people, 87.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

"These leaves," we are told, "are the compendium of a treatise written by the Ema'n Fakhr-al-din Al-Ra'zy—may God overwhelm him with forgiveness— on the Science of Physiognomies."

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas