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The nervous system's direct action, independent of the will, shapes many expressions
Drawn from what Charles Darwin said
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- Charles Darwin British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury
On the whole we may conclude that the principle of the direct action of the sensorium on the body, due to the constitution of the nervous system, and from the first independent of the will, has been highly influential in determining many expressions.
Where this was said
↗The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)gutenberg.org
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