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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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![[41 ] ho\ve\er, the head is as wide at Idealit}' as at Catitiousness, the stibject will possess unusual good taste, purity, rennement, elevation, and personal perfection. Firmness can best be found by the following rule : Let the subject sit or stand erect, and hold the head in a line with the spinal column. Taking the opening of the ear as 3our starting- point, draw a line straight upward till )'ou reach the middle line on the top of the head, and30u are on the fore part of Firmness. When this organ is large, and. \'eneration small, its forward termination resembles in shape the fore part of a smoothing-iron, rapidly widening as it runs backward. The organ is tisually about an inch and a half long. Self-EsTEEM is an inch and a half back of Firmness. Its upper part gives a lofty, aspiring air, magnanimity, and a deter- mination to do something worth}' ; Avhile half an inch farther back is that part of Self-Esteem which gi'\'es ^^■ILL, love of liberty, and a determination not to be ruled. Appkobativeness is located on the two sides of Self-Esteem, about an inch outwardl}'. These two lobes run backward toward Friendship, and upward toward Conscientiousness. The relative size of Approbativeness and Self-Esteem may be found thus : Place one hand, say the left, upon the forehead, to steady the head ; point the finger from abo\-e directl}- down upon Firmness ; then mo\'e it two inches directl}- backward, and place the balls of the second and third fingers upon the points just foimd. When Self-Esteem is small, these balls will fall into the hollow which indicates its deficiency, while the ends of the fingers will strike the swelling caused by Approbativeness, when this organ is large ; and the middle of the second joint of these fingers will apprehend the size of that lobe of Approbativeness which is next to it. Q)v thus : Stand behind the subject, and so](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21053030_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
