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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![MENTAL Jb/iCULTIES 1T7 remarkably benevolent, charitable, and forgiving; have ready sympa- tliies and an open purse; and with moderate or small Acquisitiveness may impoverish yourself to assist others, or with small Conscientious- ness spend in charity the money which of right belongs to you] creditors. Be just before you are generous, and do not allow sympathy to overrule judgment. Restrain. [83.] (6.) Large.—You are very tender, generous, and kind-hearted; ready to sympathize with suffering and to relieve want, to the extent of your means; prefer to suffer yourself rather than to see others suffer; are charitable, forgiving, and merciful; a good Samaritan, and, in this respect, a true follower of Him who went about doing good. [83.] (5.) Full.—You are kind and obliging; like to see others happy, and desire to make them so; but will not overtax yourself to relieve your neighbors of their burdens, and may allow selfish feeling to over- rule your kindness. With Conscientiousness full or large, will be just before you are generous. Cultivate. [83.] (4.) Average.—You are kind to those you love, especially if Adhesiveness be large, and may practice general benevolence through the influence of Approbativeness or for selfish ends, but are not inclined to philanthropy. Cultivate. [83.] (3.) Moderate.—You are not inclined to be obliging, but manifest a feeling of indifference in regard to the comfort or welfare of those around you; are rather selfish and unsympathizing. Cultivate. [83.] (2.) Small.—You care little for the sufferings of others, so long as you are yourself at ease. It is not my affair, you say. You have no sweet sympathy in your soul. Cultivate. [83.] (1.) Very Small.—You are almost utterly selfish—have no generous or sympathetic feelings. Cultivate. [83.] XXXIV.—CONSTRUCTIVENESS. (7.) Vert Large.—You should manifest remarkable m-echanical ingenuity, a passion for making things, and (with Causality large) great inventive talent. You take to tools naturally, and almost seem to be master of all trades without having learned them; you can make almost anything; and are constantly contriving improvements; you might devote yourself to mechanical invention with great benefit to the world, if not to yourself; but must beware of perpetual motions, or of monomania on this subject. Restrain. [88.] (6.) Large.—You have great taste and talent for mechanical pur- suits ; delight in building, repairing, and employing machinery; with large Imitation, can make anything after a pattern—anything, in fact, that you have seen made; and with large Causality, are strongly inclined to invent and to contrive new ways of doing things. As a writer, you would show great skill in the construction of youi 8*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0183.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
