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.—You have very little taste or love for music, and le83 i^ility to produce it. Cultivate. [112.] (1.) Very Small.—You manifest little or none of this faculty. Cultivate. [112.]* L.—LANGUAGE. (7.) Very Large.—You have great copiousness of expression, a passion for talking or writing; are capable of becoming very fluent and correct in the use of language; generally put the right word in the right place; have a remarkable verbal memory; readily make quotations; learn languages with facility by hearing them spoken; are very liable, unless this faculty be restrained, or balanced by reason, to be tediously verbose. Bestrain. [114] (6.) Large.—You are fluent and copious in the use of words, both in writing and speaking; can learn to talk well, and would love to talk; can learn foreign languages easily; and have an excellent mem- ory of words. You can tell all you know, and generally make use oi correct if not elegant language; are rather inclined to verbosity than to barrenness of expression, and to talk too much rather than too little. Bestrain. [114.] (5.) Full.—You have a good command of language; express your- self with considerable ease and fluency, but are not remarkable for copiousness, and are seldom verbose or redundant. With practice you might make a good speaker, but can do better with the pen than with the tongue. Cultivate. [114] (4.) Average.—You are not very fluent in the use of language; say what you desire to say in few words; are not very fond of talking; with practice may write well, but not rapidly. Cultivate. [114.] (3.) Moderate.—You find some difficulty in expressing your ideas, your vocabulary being small and your memory and command of v/ords poor. With constant practice, you may write effectively, but your style will be rather dry and barren. As a speaker, you would not be likely to succeed. You may learn foreign languages, but will speak them with difficulty, if at all. Cultivate. [114.] (2.) Small.—You speak with difficulty; often hesitate for words; and are apt to blunder in the c-onstruction of your sentences. Cultivate. [114] (1.) Very Small.—Your memory of words is exceedingly poor, and your power of expression almost entirely lacking. Cultivate. [114] * The Friends, or Quakers—many of them—are opposed to music, on the ground that it is used as a sensuous gratification ; a disturbing element; opposed to simple, silent devotion. We regard Tune as a facult)- of the human mind, created for a useful purpose, and not to be ignored or suppressed because of its abuse, any more than that of the appetite, or of Veneration itself, which is sometimes exercised on idols, images, and gods of wood and stone. The right use of all tU© faculties will be acceptable to Him who created tl^em.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0194.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
