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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![preferring to say what need be said in the most direct and literal way. Cultivate. [90.] (8.) Moderate.—You are somewhat deficient in taste ; rathei homespun in manners; very plam in speech; and have little imagination. You are no lover of art, poetry, or the beautiful in nature, and your character is lacking in elevation and refinement Cultimte. [90.] (2.) Small.—You show a marked deficiency in taste, polish, and re- finement, and are extremely utilitarian. Cultivate. [90.] (1.) Very Small.—You evince no taste and no appreciation of beauty. Cultivate. [90.] XXXYI.—SUBLIMITY. (7.) Very Large.—You appreciate and admire in the highest degre?* the wild, the romantic, the grand, the sublime, the illimitable, the eternal, the infinite; have a real passion for mountain scenery, vast prospects, foaming breakers, and roaring waterfalls; enjoy with the greatest zest the war of elements—thunder, lightning, tempest, the ocean in a storm, the surging rush of a swollen stream in a freshet— whatever is magnificent or awful; love to contemplate the seemingly boundless expanse of ocean; the glory of the starry heavens; ani above all (with Veneration full or large), the omnipotence of the Deity and the infinitude of His works. In writing or speaking, you are inclined to use high-sounding words and metaphorical expressions, and must guard yourself against vei'bal extravagance and bombast. In other respects there is no need to restrain. [91.] (6.) Large.—Your manifestations are like those described in (7), except in a somewhat lower degree. With a good development of the intellectual organs, you will take comprehensive views of subjects, and give a wide scope to your thoughts and investigations. [91.J (5.) Full.—You enjoy the grand, the sublime, and the magnificent, and appreciate mountain scenery, the vastness of the ocean, and the awfulness of the tempest, but in a lower degree than (7) and (6), which. see. [91.] (4.) Average.—You manifest only a moderate degree of this element of character, under ordinary circumstances, but when the organ ia powerfully excited, may enjoy sublimity and grandeur very highly. Cultivate. [91.] (3.) Moderate.—You are rather deficient in the manifestation of this faculty. Cultivate. [91.] (2.) Small.—You care very little for the grand and sublime in ajij form. Cultivate. [91.] (1.) Very Small.—You are nearly destitute of this faculty. CvUi wite. [91.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0185.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
