hat "dress makes the man." But physical
deformities are of far less importance than moral imperfections.

2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL.--It is not possible for human beings to
attain their full stature of humanity, except by loving long and perfectly.
Behold that venerable man! he is mature in judgment, perfect in every
action and expression, and saintly in goodness. You almost worship as you
behold. What rendered him thus perfect? What {99} rounded off his natural
asperities, and moulded up his virtues? Love, mainly. It permeated every
pore, and seasoned every fibre of his being, as could nothing else. Mark
that matronly woman. In the bosom of her family she is more than a queen
and goddess combined. All her looks and actions express the outflowing of
some or all of the human virtues. To know her is to love her. She became
thus perfect, not in a day or year, but by a long series of appropriate
means. Then by what? Chiefly in and by love, which is specially adapted
thus to develop this maturity.

3. PHYSICAL STATURE.--Men and women generally increase in stature until the
twenty-fifth year, and it is safe to assume, that perfection of function is
not established until maturity of bodily development is completed. The
physical contour of these representations plainly exhibits the difference
in structure, and also implies difference of function. Solidity and
strength are represented by the organization of the male, grace and beauty
by that of the female. His broad shoulders represent physical power and the
right of dominion, while her bosom is the symbol of love and nutrition.

HOW TO DETERMINE A PERFECT HUMAN FIGURE.

[Illustration: Lady's Dress in the days of Greece.]

The proportions of the perfect human figure are strictly mathematical. The
whole figure is six times the length of the foot. Whether the form be
slender or plump, this rule holds good. Any deviation from it is a
departure from the highest beauty of proportion. The Greeks made all their
statues according to this rule. The face, from the highest point of the
forehead, where the hair begins, to the end of the chin, is one-tenth of
the whole stature. The hand, from the wrist to the end of the middle
finger, is the same. The chest is a fourth, and from the nipples to the top
of the head is the same. From the top of the chest to the highest point of
the forehead is a seventh. If the length of the face, from the roots of the
hair to the chin, be divided int