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   97. In conclusion, by reference to some of the most celebrated of the
antique statues, it will
be seen how nearly one average height of the figure, and proportion of the
head to it, has been
observed. The Farnese Hercules is, in height, supposing the figure erect,
seven heads, three
parts, and seven minutes (twelve minutes are allowed to a part); the Antinous
of the Vatican,
seven heads and two parts; the Laocoon, seven heads, two parts, and three
minutes; the Dying
Gladiator of the Capitol, eight heads; the Apollo Belvidere, seven heads,
three parts, and six
minutes; the Venus de Medici, seven heads and three parts; and the Grecian
Shepherdess, at
Naples, seven heads, three parts, and six minutes.
   98. It should be borne in mind, that the proportions of the figure vary
in almost every
individual; and from infancy to manhood, they undergo mosL marked changes.
Taking the size
of the head, as a scale of measurement: the whole length of a child, two
months old, will be
found rarely to exceed four times the height of his head ;-at one year, four
and a half heads ;-
at three years, five and a quarter ; - at five years, scarcely six ; - at
ten years, six and a half; -
from fourteen to sixteen, about seven ;-and thence, to manhood, seven and
a half, and some-
times eight.