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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![heartily of whatever is set before yoii; enjoy the pleasures of the table, but do not set a too high value upon them; and you can control your love for food and drink, making them subservient to their higher pur- poses. [58.] (4.) Average.—You enjoy your food well, but can easily control ap- petite, and are seldom disposed to over-eat. [58.] (3.) Moderate.—You are inclined to be dainty; have no very great love for the luxuries of the table, but are particular in regard to the quality and preparation of your food. You eat to live, and not for the pleasure of eating. [58.] (S.) Small.—You have no great relish for food, and care little what you eat, provided it will sustain life. Cultwate. [58.] (1.) Very Small.—You have little or no appetite. Cultivate. [58.] XXII.—BIBATIVENESS. (7.) Very Large.—You are exceedingly fond of water; love bath- ing, swimming, sailing, etc.; and with a perverted appetite might easily contract the habit of drinking intoxicating liquors to excess, this being the form in which a perversion of this faculty is apt to mani- fest itself You should beware of the social glass. Restrain. [59.] (6.) Large.—You are often thirsty, and experience great pleasure in drinking ; also enjoy washing, bathing, swimming, etc. [59.] (5.) Full.—You enjoy water both internally and externally in a fair degree. [59.] (4) and (§.) Average or Moderate.—You are not fond of water; are rather averse to bathing; dislike swimming, sailing, etc., and shrink from a sea voyage as something fearful. Cultixate, [59.] (2.) Small —You care little for liquids in any form; prefer solid food; do not like to bathe; and avoid going into or upon the water if possible. Cnltmite. ^59.] (1.) Very Small.—You have an instinctive aversion to water. Oul- tivate. [59.] XXIII.—ACQUISITIVENESS. (7.) Very Large.—Your desire for accumulation is excessive; you love money with a devotion approaching to idolatry; are close-fisted; make hard bargains; are meanl}'' economical; place the possession of property above everything else; are penurious, avaricious, and miserly, and can be restrained from taking dishonest advantages to secure the coveted gain only by a good development of Conscientiousness ; with this you will be honest, but close and exacting, Hestrain. [62.] (6.) Large.—You have the dispositiou and ability to turn everything to a good account; are industrious, economical, and close; buy cheaply and sell at the highest price; have great love for wealth, and a strong tendency to accumulate, but, witli largQ BeBevolence, spend, freely](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0173.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
