rences in proportion between blondes and brunettes in
the white races.
HAVELOCK ELLIS ON BLONDES AND BRUNETTES
The noted anthropologist Havelock Ellis says, in regard to this:
"It is clear that a high index of pigmentation, or an excess of fairness,
prevails among the men of restless and ambitious temperament; the
sanguine, energetic men; the men who easily dominate their fellows and who
get on in life, and the men who recruit the aristocracy and who doubtless
largely form the plutocracy. It is significant that the group of low-class
men--artisans and peasants--and the men of religion, whose mission in life
it is to preach resignation to a higher will, are both notably of dark
complexion; while the men of action thus tend to be fair, men of thought,
it seems to me, show some tendency to be dark."
The practical application of this truth is seen in the fact that the white
races of the earth seem to have a genius for government, for conquest, for
exploration, and for progress; while the dark races of the earth seem to
have a genius for art, for literature, for religion, and for conservatism.
Not long ago we read the conclusions of several anthropologists on this
subject. One declared that the first men were undoubtedly brunette, and
that the blonde was an abnormality and rapidly becoming extinct. Another
was equally sure that the pure white blonde was a special creation but
little lower than the angels, and that all the dark races were so colored
by their sins. This is a matter upon which we hesitate to speculate. It
would, however, be of some interest to know the respective coloring of
these two investigators.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LAW OF COLOR
Color has its commercial application. The active, restless, aggressive,
variety-loving blonde is found in large proportions amongst speculators,
promoters, organizers, advertising men, traveling salesmen; while the more
stable and constant brunette predominates amongst the plodders, the
planners, the scientists, the administrators, and the conservators. Even
the poets bring out the difference. They sing of the fickle, light-hearted
coquette with golden hair and azure eyes, and of the faithful, constant,
true, undying affection of the lady with soft, brown eyes.
FORM
The second variable--Form--refers to form of face and features as seen in
profile. The sharp face, with the long, pointed nose, prominent eyes,
retreating forehead, prominent teeth and retreating
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