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The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology

PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY,

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WITH

ONE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS,

AND

A CHART OF THE CHARACTER

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AS GIVEN BY

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BY O. S. AND L. N. FOWLER,

PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGISTS.

Your head is the type of your mentality. Self-knowledge is the essence of all knowledge.

NEW YORK:

FOWLER AND WELLS, PUBLISHERS

308 Broadway.

Boston:} 1857. { Philadelphia:

No. 142 Washington St. No. 234 Arch Street

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 18__ by FOWLERS AND WELLS, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Conditions Large Very Large Full Average Moderate Small Cultivate Restrain

Vital Temperament 17 17 17 17 17 17 165

Powerful or Motive 18 18 18 18 18 18 137

Active or Mental 19 19 19 19 19 19

Excitability of ditto 20 20 20 20 20 20 157 175

Constitution 34 34 34 34 34 34

Organic Quality 47 47 47 47 47 47

Present state 47 47 47 47 47 47

Size of head 48 49 49 49 49 50

Domestic Group

1. Amativeness 52 52 53 53 53 54 218

2. Parental Love 55 55 56 57 57 58 220

3. Adhesiveness 57 57 58 58 58 58 220

4. Inhabitiveness 60 60 61 61 61 61 232

5. Continuity 62 62 62 62 62 62 234

Selfish Propensities 63 64 64 64 64 64

E. Vitativeness 64 65 65 65 65 65 236 237

6. Combativeness 66 66 66 66 67 68 239 237

7. Destructiveness 67 68 69 69 69 69 242 243

8. Alimentiveness 70 70 70 71 71 71 245 246

9. Acquisitiveness 72 73 73 73 74 74 249 250

10. Secretiveness 75 75 76 76 76 77 252 253

11. Cautiousness 78 78 78 78 79 79 255 256

12. Approbativeness 79 80 80 80 80 81 258 256

13. Self-Esteem 82 82 82 83 83 83 261 262

14. Firmness 84 85 85 85 85 85 265 266

Moral Faculties 86 86 86 86 86 86 268 270

15. Conscientiousness 87 88 88 88 89 89 268 270

16. Hope 89 90 90 90 90 91 272 273

17. Spirituality 91 92 92 92 90 92 276 277

18. Veneration 92 93 94 94 94 94 279 280

19. Benevolence 94 95 96 96 96 96 282 283

20. Constructiveness 98 97 97 97 97 97 285 286

21. Ideality 98 98 98 99 99 99 288 289

B. Sublimity 99 100 100 100 100 100 290 291

22. Imitation 100 101 101 102 102 102 293 294

23. Mirthfulness 103 103 103 103 103 104 296 297

Intellectual Facult. 104 104 104 104 105 105

Perceptive Faculties 105 105 105 105 106 106

24. Individuality 107 107 107 107 107 108 424

25. Form 108 108 109 109 109 109 437

26. Size 109 109 110 110 110 110 441

27. Weight 110 110 110 110 110 110 446

28. Color 111 111 111 111 111 111 450

29. Order 112 112 112 112 112 112 456

30. Calculation 113 113 113 114 114 114 460

31. Locality 114 114 114 114 114 115 467

Literary Faculties 115 115 115 115 115 115

32. Eventuality 116 116 116 117 117 117 476

33. Time 117 117 117 117 117 117 491

34. Tune 118 118 118 118 118 118 504 506

35. Language 119 119 120 120 120 120 515

Reasoning Faculties 121 121 121 121 121 121

36. Causality 122 122 123 123 123 123 548

37. Comparison 123 124 124 124 124 125 536

D. Human Nature 125 125 125 125 125 125 540

D. Agreeableness 126 126 126 126 126 126 299 273

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NUMBERING AND DEFINITION OF THE ORGANS.

1.Amativeness, Sexual and connubial love. 21.Ideality, Refinement—taste—purity.

2.Philoprogenitiveness, Parental love. B.Sublimity, Love of grandeur.

3.Adhesiveness, Friendship—sociability. 22.Imitation, Copying—patterning.

A.Union for Life, Love of one only. 23.Mindfulness, Jocoseness—wit—fun.

4.Inhabitiveness, Love of home. 24.Individuality, Observation.

5.Continuity, One thing at a time. 25.Form, Recollection of shape.

6.Combativeness, Resistance—defence. 26.Size, Measuring by the eye.

7.Destructiveness, Executiveness—force. 27.Weight, Balancing—climbing.

8.Alimentiveness, Appetite, hunger. 28.Color, Judgment of colors.

9.Acquisitiveness, Accumulation. 29.Order, Method—system—arrangement.

10.Secretiveness, Policy—management. 30.Calculation, Mental arithmetic.

11.Cautiousness, Prudence, provision. 31.Locality, Recollection of places.

12.Approbativeness, Ambition—display. 32.Eventuality, Memory of facts.

13.Self-Esteem, Self-respect—dignity. 33.Time, Cognizance of duration.

14.Firmness, Decision—perseverance. 34.Tune, Music—melody by ear.

15.Conscientiousness, Justice—equity. 35.Language, Expression of ideas.

16.Hope, Expectation—enterprise. 36.Causality, Applying causes to effects.

17.Spirituality, Intuition—spiritual revery. 37.Comparison, Inductive reasoning.

18.Veneration, Devotion—respect. C.Human Nature, Perception of motives.

19.Benevolence, Kindness—goodness. D.Agreeableness, Pleasantness—suavity.

20.Obstructiveness, Mechanical ingenuity.

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