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ANALYZING CHARACTER THE NEW SCIENCE OF JUDGING MEN; MISFITS IN BUSINESS, THE HOME AND SOCIAL LIFE BY KATHERINE M.H. BLACKFORD, M.D. AND ARTHUR NEWCOMB 1922

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION1

PART ONE--ANALYZING CHARACTER IN VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

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ICAUSES OF MISFITS17

IIELEMENTS OF FITNESS39

IIICLASSES OF MISFITS73

IVTHE PHYSICALLY FRAIL111

VTHE FAT MAN137

VITHE MAN OF BONE AND MUSCLE157

VIISLAVES OF MACHINERY169

VIIITHE IMPRACTICAL MAN191

IXHUNGRY FOR FAME223

XWASTE OF TALENT IN THE PROFESSIONS241

XIWOMEN'S WORK261

XIISPECIAL FORMS OF UNFITNESS267

PART TWO--ANALYZING CHARACTER IN SELECTION OF EMPLOYEES

ITHE COST OF UNSCIENTIFIC SELECTION291

IITHE SELECTION OF EXECUTIVES303

IIITHE REMEDY331

IVRESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYMENT345

VIDEAL EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS359

PART THREE--ANALYZING CHARACTER IN PERSUASION

ITHE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION367

IISECURING FAVORABLE ATTENTION383

IIIAROUSING INTEREST AND CREATING DESIRE391

IVINDUCING DECISION AND ACTION401

VEFFICIENT AND SATISFACTORY SERVICE413

PART FOUR--PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CHARACTER ANALYSIS

ITHE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF CHARACTER ANALYSIS429

IIHOW TO LEARN AND APPLY THE SCIENCE OF CHARACTER ANALYSIS443

IIIUSES OF CHARACTER ANALYSIS453

APPENDIX

REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL VOCATIONS465

ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. Jacob A Riis 5335. Puccini, Composer231

2. Dr. Booker T. Washington 5436. John S. Sargent, R.A.232

3. James H. Collins 5537. Pietro Mascagni233

4. H.G. Wells 5638. Richard Burton234

5. Henry Ford 5739.Mendelssohn, Composer235

6. Hugo de Vries 5840. Massenet, Composer236

7. Dr. Henry Van Dyke 5941. Hon. Elihu Root (Front)253

8. Dr. Beverly T. Galloway 6042. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher254

9. Richard Mansfield 12543. Rufus Isaacs, Baron Reading255

10. Hon. A.L. Cutting (front) 12644. Hon. Elihu Root (Profile)256

11. Hon. A.L. Cutting (profile) 12745. Harland B. Howe257

12. Chief Justice Melville Fuller 12846. Justice Horace H. Lurton258

13. Frank A. Vanderlip 12947. Prof. William H. Burr259

14. Hon. Joseph P. Folk 13048. Hon. John Wesley Gaines260

15. Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich 13149. Hon. Joseph Walker277

16. Well-Developed Base of Brain 13250. Hon. Lon V. Stephens278

17. Beaumont, Aviator 14951. Hon. Oscar Underwood279

18. Lincoln Beachey 15052. Hon. Victor Murdock280

19. Col. George W. Goethals 15153. Robert C. Ogden281

20. Field Marshal von Hindenberg 15254. Prof. P.G. Holden282

21. Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty 15355. W. Nelson Edelsten283

22. William Lloyd Garrison 15456. Dr. Beverly T. Galloway (Profile)284

23. Samuel Rea 15557. Conical Hands317

24. Lon Wescott Beck 15658. Hands of Mrs. Flora E. Durand317

25. "Sydney Williams" (front) 19759. Hands of Financier and Administrator318

26. "Sydney Williams" (profile) 19860. Hands of Engineer and Expert Mechanic318

27. Prof. Adolph von Menzel 19961. Long Fingers318

28. Edgar Allan Poe 20062. Narrow Head319

29. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 20163. Sir Henry Fowler320

30. Thomas De Quincy 20264. Reginald D. Barry321

31. O. Henry at 30 20365. Large Dome Above Temples322

32. Edwin Reynolds 20466. Dr. V. Stefansson323

33. John Masefield 22967. Square Head324

34. Edward De Reszke23068. Round Head324