The text discusses the metaphorical idea in religious teachings about being "uncircumcised" not only in heart but also in ears, highlighting that those people are rebellious. It emphasizes physical beauty and form, discussing how well-shaped ears are linked to good manners and modesty, while red ears may indicate shame. The description also includes the anatomical positioning of cheeks and jaws relative to other parts of the face.
Human Limbs.
St. Stephen, in his renowned speech before the Jewish council, has his eye on the inner circumcision of the heart, which the Jews lacked according to the law, Deuteronomy 10:16. Yet it remains notable that he refers to them as a stubborn and rebellious people, uncircumcised in heart and ears. The Redeemer also seems to play on this notion, as he often says: He who has ears to hear, let him hear. People who are good and modest in their manners, and manly in their dealings, generally have beautiful and well-shaped ears attached to their head; whose form is slightly squared and tightly set, promising some goodness, and it is seldom false that such ears are firmly attached to the head. Those with red ears are often somewhat prone to shame; yet shame must be sought more in accidental than in natural signs. When people became very ashamed, usually the warmth would flee from the eyes and the surrounding parts of the face, moving backwards, and reach the ears; from which the saying often arises: He blushed to the roots of his ears. We have seen more than once that, during severe embarrassment, people's eyes can become dull and lifeless like dead fish eyes in the head.
The cheeks or jaws stand on either side between the nose and the ears, and go from the eye to just below the mouth, ending where the jaw bones finish. One can reasonably distinguish them into two parts; The upper part, that extends from under the eyes to the length of the nose, and goes close up to the ears, is essentially the regular place.