How to read character : a new illustrated hand-book of phrenology and physiognomy, for students and examiners : with a descriptive chart.
- Samuel R. Wells
- Date:
- 1890, ©1868
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: How to read character : a new illustrated hand-book of phrenology and physiognomy, for students and examiners : with a descriptive chart. 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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![(2.) Small.—Yoii do not like societ}'', and are cold and indifferent toward those around you; have neither the desire nor the ability to make friends, and possess little faith in friendship. Cultivate. [46.] (1.) Very Small.—You seem to be utterly incapable of feeling friendship, or awakening it in others. Cultivate. [46.] XVI.—INHABITIVENESS. (7.) Very Large.—Your love of home and country is very strong indeed, and you are liable to the most terrible feeling of homesickness when absent from them. You prefer poverty and the humblest posi- tion in life at home to wealth and station abroad, and would willingly die for the old flag, which is to you the symbol of all that is dearest on earth. Restrain. [47.] (6.) Large.—You are very strongly attached to home; love your native land with a pure devotion; leave your place of abode with great reluctance, and are homesick and miserable if compelled to remain long away from it. You would not like the life of a Methodist itiner- ant, who changes his house so often. You become strongly attached to any place where you may reside ; desire above almost everything else a home of your own, and when you have one, can scarcely be per- suaded to leave it for a day. To you, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home I Restrain, ' [47.] (5.) Full—You manifest considerable attachment to home and country; prefer to live in one place, and surround yourself with the comforts of domestic life; feel some regret in leaving the place of your birth, or of long residence, but can easily change if circumstances require it; and are not likely to get homesick even if compelled to re- main absent for a long time. [46.] (4.) Average.—You have some love for home, but can change your place of abode without much regret, and are not inclined to expend much time or money in improvements, or in surrounding yourself with home comforts. You are never homesick, and if Locality be full or large, are fond of traveling. Cultivate. [47.] (3) or (2.) Moderate or Small.—You care little for home or country; are cosmopolitan in your tastes, and indifferent about places. You like to travel, and, with Continuity small, enjoy constant change of scene. Cultivate. [47.] (1.) Very Small.—You have no local attachments ; can pull up stakes and pack off on short notice. You rather prefer to live the life of a vagabond. Cultivate. [47.] XVII.—CONTINUITY. (7.) Very Large.—You have great application, and can attend to but one thing at a time, and must stick to anything you have com*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0168.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
