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beware of danger, they would continually meet with accidents; for they have not much experience to guide them.

2. There is this difference between caution and experience-a child with large Caution would run out of the road, to avoid being kicked, or run over by the horses; while, if he had it small, he would not run, and would therefore be kicked, and thus learn by this, or from experience, that he must always run when the horse was coming. A child with small Cautiousness— or if it be large and have not been exercised-will be pleased with the bright light, and will desire to put its finger in the flame. After it has been burnt once, it learns from experience, that it must not always play with everything that is bright and handsome.

3. A little fly, with small Cautiousness, saw the warm steam rising beautifully from a dish of water, and flew nearer and nearer, till she came so near, that she was drawn in by the warm steam, and was drowned. Her experience in this case did her no good. It would have been better if she had possessed more Cautiousness.

4. You have probably noticed the difference between large and small Cautiousness among your playmates. Some boys will climb to the top of a very high and slender pole, while others will scarcely venture to climb over a fence or wall. I once heard of a boy who was so daring, that he would do almost anything you could imagine. He took a chair one day, and crawled down the steep roof of a church to the very edge, and

2. What is the difference between caution and experience What other illustration is given 3. What was the case with the little fly? Which would have been preferable? 4. What difference is there in boys? Relate the case of the daring and courageous boy?

then sat down in the chair, and folded his arms, to the great fear of the people who saw him.

5. In one of the villages of New York, there is a lad, who has but a very small piece of brain where Cautiousness is situated, and he is perfectly fearless in his disposition. One day he climbed the lightning-rod on the church, and when he reached the top, he swung his foot over the forks of the rod.

6. There are some who will climb to the summit of precipices. They know that the sharp rocks, and streams of water are below them, and that if they take one wrong step, they would be precipitated to the bottom and be torn in pieces. There are some who will swim in very deep water, while others will hardly wade in it, when shallow.

7. The cut at the commencement of this organ, represents a pond of ice. One of the boys, who saw that the other was walking toward it, with his skates in one hand, and staff in the other, warned him that it was dangerous, as it had already broken in one place, and might in others. "Oh!" said the lad with small Cautiousness, "I do not care, I can find thick ice somewhere in the pond, and I intend to avoid all the holes and thin places." "But," said he, with large Cautiousness, "do take care, for you will certainly fall into a hole before you are aware of it. I shall not skate again till the weather is much colder, and the water freezes harder."

8. How many scholars there are who are actually

5. Relate the case of the boy who had very small Cautiousness? 6. What will some do who have small Cautiousness? Of what danger are they regardless? How is this organ shown in reference to water? 7. What does the first cut represent? Relate the story. 8. In what way does Cautiousness affect scholars?

afraid to tell their teachers all they know about their lessons. They have Cautiousness so large, that as soon as the question is asked, they either forget the answer, or are so confused, that they cannot speak what they know perfectly. If they say anything, they speak so low that they can sca.cely be heard.

9. I know a little girl who has large Cautiousness, who always asked to have a light in her room when she went to bed, and wished her mother to stay with her and sing her to sleep. If she woke and found that her mother had left the room, she would scream as if she were very much terrified. This caused her mother much trouble, and should have been corrected.

10. Mothers show large Cautiousness and Philoprogenitiveness when they are extremely anxious about their children. If they take a slight cold, they think all the time that they will be sick, and perhaps die. If they go to school, they are fearful that some accident will happen to then. They show this organ, when they will not permit their little children to climb the backs of chairs, or the stairs, and forget that they must learn to do these things before they can do them well. They show it, by covering their children with clothing so that not a breath of air can reach them, and forget that it is pure air which vitalizes their blood.

11. They show it, when they do not bathe their children in cold water, and are fearful that they may take cold if they do. This will be the case, if they do it only

9. In what way did the little girl show her Cautiousness? 10. In what way do mothers show Cautiousness and Philoprogenitiveness? What fears have they for their children? Why do they not permit them to climb the backs of chairs? What do parents forget? 11. How do some mothers regard cold water?

occasionally, on some important occasion, when they are to be dressed.

12. A good old grandmother manifested it, when she charged her grandchildren "not to go near the water till they had learned to swim," for fear they would be drowned.

13. Those persons who have small Cautiousness, together with small Secretiveness, are very blunt in their remarks, and frequently injure the feelings of others by them, so that in either excess it is unfortunate. You must exercise this enough to know what you intend to do, before you commence, and to take proper care and anxiety for the future. If the little girl had too much, she would not begin to cut out her doll-baby's dresses: and if she had too little, she would waste her muslin ; so she must have just enough to accomplish what she desires.

14. In the cut at the end of the organ, the old hen sees the hawk flying over her head, and her instinct tells her that she wants her dear ittle chicks; so she screams, flaps her wings, and calls all her little ones together, that she may protect them under the shadow of her wings. She has, like the mother, Cautiousness and Philoprogenitiveness combined.

12. In what way did an old grandmother show this organ? 13. What are the effects of small Cautiousness and small Secretiveness? How must Give an example. 14. Explain the cut at the

this organ be exercised?

end of the organ

DEFINITION-Love of praise; ambition; desire for fame; sensitiveness. LOCATION-Approbativeness is situated between Cautiousness and Self-Esteem-an organ next to be described- on each side of the head.

1. WE were not created to serve and please ourselves alone, while we are surrounded by friends and acquaintances; and we, therefore, find that there is a distinct portion on each side of the head, which was given to us for that purpose-to dispose us to please our friends, to be polite, affable, and courteous. When this organ of Approbativeness is large and active, it causes the person to be very sensitive to praise or

censure.

2. He will feel it very keenly if he be reproved for doing anything wrong, and feel much hurt, if addressed in harsh and unkind language; and will also be much

What is its location?

1. What was not the design of our Creator? With what are we provided, and for what purpose? What is one effect of this organ? 2. How will the person receive reproof and unkindness? How can he be encour aged?