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Quote by Eliza Farnham
The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register o

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul. – Eliza Farnham

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