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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 7, 16 February 1907, Page 22

Prominent noses seem to have been the property of many great men. Lycurgus and Solon had noses six inches.in length, and Ovid was surnamed Naso on account of his large nose. Scipio Nasica derived his. name from his prominent olfactory organ, and Alexander the Great and Cardinals Wolsey and Riehclieu all had large noses. On the medals of Cyrus and Artaxerxes their jnos.-s came clear out to the rim of the coin. . ■Washington’s was the true aquiline type, indicative of firmness and patience, as was the iiosj of Juljus Caesar. Mohainmpd had a singular nose. It was so ciirvedthat a writer, has told us that the point of it seemed continually striving to. insert itself between his lips. The noses of Franklin. Shakespeare, and Dr. Johnson all " had wide nostrils, betokening strength and love of thought. The nose of Napoleo'n witS exquisitely, though firmly chiselled. He ' Often said," “Give me a man with plenty of ho-e!” Frederick the 'Great had so large a nose that Lavater bffei'ed to' wilder that blindfolded he could tell it aindng ten thousand by merely taking it bet wee® his thumb' and forefinger. ■