Philosophy of the Eyes
August 12, 1899
Summary
A collection of insights that predict one’s nature based on the shape, size, and color of their eyes.
Transcription
Blue eyes are said to be the weakest.
Wide-open eyes are indicative of rashness.
Side-glancing eyes are always to be distrusted.
Brown eyes are said by oculists to be the strongest.
Small eyes are commonly supposed to indicate cunning.
The proper distance between the eyes is the width of one eye.
People of melancholic temperament rarely have clear blue eyes.
The white of the eye showing beneath the iris is indicative of nobility of character.
When the upper lid covers half or more of the pupil the indication is of cool deliberation.
It is said the prevailing colors of eyes among the patients of lunatic asylums are brown and black.
Eyes of any color with weak brows and long, concave lashes, are indicative of weak constitution.
Eyes that are wife apart are said by physiognomists to indicate great intelligence and a tenacious memory.
Blue eyes are generally considered effeminate, but this is a mistake, for blue eyes are found only among Caucasian nations, and the white races rule the world.
Wide-open eyes are indicative of rashness.
Side-glancing eyes are always to be distrusted.
Brown eyes are said by oculists to be the strongest.
Small eyes are commonly supposed to indicate cunning.
The proper distance between the eyes is the width of one eye.
People of melancholic temperament rarely have clear blue eyes.
The white of the eye showing beneath the iris is indicative of nobility of character.
When the upper lid covers half or more of the pupil the indication is of cool deliberation.
It is said the prevailing colors of eyes among the patients of lunatic asylums are brown and black.
Eyes of any color with weak brows and long, concave lashes, are indicative of weak constitution.
Eyes that are wife apart are said by physiognomists to indicate great intelligence and a tenacious memory.
Blue eyes are generally considered effeminate, but this is a mistake, for blue eyes are found only among Caucasian nations, and the white races rule the world.
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Elias Sturim
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“Philosophy of the Eyes,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1046.