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Credit: Phrenological dictionary / By L.N. & J.A. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[39] more or less active and powerful. Those who have this pro- minence large will be restless, alwa)'s moving a hand or foot when sitting, and even when sleeping ; will be light-footed, eas)'- motioned, fond of action, and willing to work, as well as possessed of a first-rate constitution. But when that prominence is weak, they will be found proportionall}^ inert. Inhabitiveness is located three-fourths of an inch ABOVE Parental Love. When Inhabitiveness is large, and Continuity is moderate, there will be found a prominence somewhat re- sembling an angle of a triangle, at the middle of the head, together with a sharp prominence at this point. But when Inhabitiveness is small, there will be a depression just about large enough to receive the end of a finger, with the bow downward. An inch on each side of this point is Friendship. When Friend- ship is large, especially if Inhabitiveness and Continuity are small, there will be two swells, somewhat resembling the larger end of an egg ; but if small, the head will retire at this point. Continuity is located directly above Inhabitiveness and Friendship. Its deficienc}' causes a depression resembling a new moon, with the horns turning DOWNWARD, surroimding the organs of Inhabitiveness and Friendship. When Continuity is large, however, there will be no swell, but simpl)' a FILLING Ol'T of the head at this point. AmatIVENESS may be found thus : Take the middle of the back part of the ears as your starting-point ; draw a line back- ward an inch and a half, and you are upon this organ. Yet the outer portion next to the ear exercises the more gross and animal function of this faculty, while the inner portion takes on a more spiritual tone. To find Cautiousness, take the back or posterior part of the ears as your starting-point. Draw a perpendicular line, when](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21053030_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
