The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Chapter VII - Low Spirits Anxiety Grief Dejection Despair Part 2

In which the subtle actions of the muscles beneath the human forehead and around the eyes are patiently examined to reveal how grief and distress manifest in the obliquity of the eyebrows and the downturn of the mouth's corners. Through careful observation of children and adults alike, it is gently disclosed that these expressions are vestiges of our infantile cries, shaped by inherited habit and the tender struggle between involuntary impulse and the restraint of the will.