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Credit: Phrenological dictionary / By L.N. & J.A. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![COMPAKTSOX, disposition and ability to compare various things for the purpose of ascertaining their points of resemblance and of difference ; power to reason from effect to cause ; to compare, illustrate anci classify, and reason analogically ; critical acumen. The organ is located in the superior or first frontal con- volution, above Eventuality, below Intuition, and between the two lobes of Causalit}-. Comparison has two divisions: the lower part gives comparison, the power to analyse anci classify; the upper part gives criticism. CONjrGALTTV, desire to marr\- and to have a companion in whom confidence can be placed ; constancy ; union for life ; dualit}- and exclusiveness of love. The organ is located in the second and third occipital convolutions, above Amati\eness, below Friendship, and on each side of Philoprogenitiveness. Conjugality has two divisions : marriage, the inne!' part; and constancy, the outer part. Conscientiousness, sense of justice; obligation; equit}-; accountability; moral principle; integrit}'; faithfulness; consistenc}'; circumspection; regard for dut}. The organ is located in the superior anterior parietal convolution, an inch on each side of Firmness. Conscientiousness has three divisions : the upper portion gives justice ; the central part, integrit\- ; the lower part, circumspection. CONSTRT'CTIVENESS, ingenuity ; contri\ance ; de.xterit}- ; ACrsatility of talent in business, in art, and in mechanics ; in poetr}-, literature, music ; abilit}- to construct and invent. The organ is located in the posterior part of the third frontal and jxiri of the ascending frontal convolutions, above the sphenii-iem])oral bone; below Idealil}', in front of Acquisiti\eness.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21053030_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
