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"Delsarte System of Oratory"


If the eyebrow is eccentric and the eye concentric, it will represent
not indifference only, but scorn, and after saying, "This thing is
worthless," will add, "I protest against it, I close my eyes."
If both the eye and eyebrow are concentric, there is contention of mind.
This is a mind which seeks but does not possess.
This explanation may be rendered more clear and easier to retain in mind
by the following resume:
E Concentric. Contention of mind.
Concentric eyebrow Y Normal. Bad humor.
E Eccentric. Firmness
E Concentric. Grief.
Normal 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.


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