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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![only after a protracted struggle. Your dread of the final change to which all mortals are subject is too great, and you should learn to look at it through the medium of religious faith rather than that of animal instinct. Restrain. [50.] (6.) Lahge.—You cling to life with great tenacity, and shrink from death as if it were annihilation. Your power to resist disease is such that you will never say die, and will recover under circumstances which would preclude hope in the case of any one less largely en- dowed with Vitativeness. You will not be likely to die before youi time, unless by accident; but should learn to fear death less, through faith in the life to come. Restrain. [50.] (5.) Full.—You love life, and are disposed to cling to it with te- nacity ; can resist disease with considerable power ; but have no great dread of death, especially if flope and Spirituality be full or large, and if your Christian philosophy be correct on this subject. [49.] (4.) Average.—Your love of life is fair, and you are not disposed to yield unresistingly to the encroachments of disease, but have less power to resist sicknass and death than one more largely developed in the region of Vitativensss. Cultwate. [50.] (3.) Moderate.—Y^'our hold of life is not very strong; you care comparatively little for existence, for its own sake, but like to live on account of family or friends, or with a view to do good in the world, and will yield without any great or prolonged resistance to the attacks of disease. Cultivate. [50.] (2.) Small.—You have little dread of death; no great power to re- sist disease, and care to live rather for the sake of others than from any love of life ibr its own sake. You would be likely to soon sink under the attacks of any serious disease. Cultwate. [50.] (1.) Very Small.—You have little if any desire to live merelj^ for the sake of life itself, but value existence only as an opportunity to gratify the other faculties. You should try to appreciate more fully the value of life and health, and your duty in regard to their preservation and enjoyment. Cultivate. [50.] XIX.—COMBATIVENESS. (7.) Very Large.—You are remarkabh^ energetic, determined, and courageous; ready to grapple with anything, fight against any odds, or to face danger or death in any form,- let no difficulties discourage or baffle you ; love haz^ardous enterprises; prefer a rough, daring life; and, if Cautiousness be only moderate, have more valor than discre- tion. With a lack of moral restraint, or intemperate habits and low as- sociates, you would be quarrelsome, desperate, and dangerous. Re- strain. [53.] (6.) Large.—You are resolute, brave, determined; fond of argu- ment; with large Approbativeness, quick to resent an insult; always](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0170.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
