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As by far the majority of persons have compound Noses, and as their consideration will therefore throw additional light upon the system, we shall add a few observations upon some of them.

The Roman Nose may be compounded with Classes II and III, rarely with IV; seldom or never with V and VI.^[11]

Compound I

II,—the Romano-Greek Nose.^[12]

The following are instances of Noses of this sub-class:—

Alexander the Great.

Constantine.

Wolsey.

Richelieu.

Ximenes.

Lorenzo de’ Medici.

Frederick II. of Prussia.

Alfred.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Sir P. Sidney.

Napoleon.

Associated with much physical energy (I), these persons all exhibited much refinement of mind, a love for Arts and Letters, considerable astuteness and capacity of scheming; (II) they saw far and quickly, though deficient in deep philosophical powers of thought.

A rather more extended notice of some of the members of the sub-classes will be requisite; as, of course, their characters were less developed, and therefore less known, than those of the pure classes; but principally in order to point out the more minute touches, and, apparently, inconsistencies of character which illustrate the compound form of Nose.