The Mongol in our midst : a study of man and his three faces / by F. G. Crookshank.

  • Francis Graham Crookshank
Date:
1924
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Credit: The Mongol in our midst : a study of man and his three faces / by F. G. Crookshank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE MONGOL IN OUR MIDST had the sallow complexion, the promi¬ nent high cheek bones, the massive forehead with protuberant brows, the slant of the dark eyes, the long down- curving grey moustache, the short neck, the broad rounded shoulders, and the bulky body. As he sat in the Council Chamber with his clenched gloved hands resting on the arms of his chair, his eyes with their raised brows and heavy drooping lids, and his features immobile and expression¬ less, he might have been the model for a bronze Chinese statue of Buddha. He was a striking type, indicative of intellectual force. . . Massive, Mongo¬ lian, and impassive, he watched the course of events with Oriental stoicism. . . * A very similar physical type has been described by Lucas Malet, in her powerful novel Adrian Savage. Here the unscrupulous solicitor who is one of the chief figures in the tale is spoken of as a kind of huge infant, with a flat Mongolian face garnished by lank and straggling hair, with a short thick [14]