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Credit: Phrenological dictionary / By L.N. & J.A. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[43] out and rises above Firmness and Benevolence, \^eneration is larger than either of these organs ; but when there is a swell at Benevolence, and a depression as you pass backward in the middle of the head, and another rise as you pass still farther back to Firmness, Veneration is smaller than Benevolence or Firmness. The back of Bene\olence experiences philanthropy and a desire to cio good and remove evil on a large scale, while the fore part sympathizes and bestows minor gifts in the family and neighbourhood. The fore part of A^eneration gives respect for our fellow-men, while the back part supplicates and depends upon the Deity. The fore part of Firmness, working with Con- scientiousness, gives moral decision ; while the latter, acting with Self-Esteem, gives ph3'sical decision^determination to accomplish material objects, and what we commonly call perseverance. Spirituality is located on each side of Veneration. It may be foimd by the following rules : Standing behind the subject, who should be seated, so place your fingers that the first fingers of each hand shall be about an inch apart—that the ends of 3'our second fingers shall be about three quarters of an inch forward of a line drawn across the middle of the head from side to side, and the balls of your fingers will be on Spirituality. Or, reversing yom- position, so as to stand in FRONT of the subject, so place your hands that the first fingers of each hand shall be as before, about an inch apart, and the ends of your longest fingers shall just touch the fore part of Hope, and the balls of your second and third fingers will rest on Spirituality. This organ is generally low, so that it may usually be found by that depression which indicates its smallness. When it is large, the head is filled out in this region, instead of sloping rapidly from. Veneration. Its two lobes are about an inch on each side of Veneration, and directly above Ideality.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21053030_0051.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
