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MODERATE, is rather deficient, yet not palpably so, in observing powe and desire; not sufficiently specifick: p. 185.

SMALL, is slow to see things; attends little to particulars: p. 186. VERY SMALL, sees scarcely any thing; regards things in the gross: p. 186 25. 23. FORM.-Cognizance and recollection of shape, or configuration. AVERAGE, recollects forms, faces, &c., quite well, but not very well. FULL, recognises persons, countenances, &c., well: p. 188. c. 9. 19, LARGE, notices, and for a long time remembers, the faces, countenances, forms, looks, &c., of persons, beasts, things, &c., once seen; knows by sight many whom he may be unable to name: p. 187. c. 6. 18. 40. 26 VERY LARGE, never forgets the countenance, form, &c., of persons and things seen; easily learns to read and spell correctly; reads and sees things at a great distance; has excellent eyesight: p. 188. c. 5. 7. 13. 17. 23. 39. MODERATE, must see persons several times before he can recollect them; sometimes doubts whether he has seen certain persons: p. 189. SMALL OR VERY SMALL, has a miserable memory of persons, looks, shape, &c.; fails to recognise even those he sees often: p. 189. 26. SIZE. Cognizance and knowledge of relative magnitude, bulk, &c. AVERAGE, measures bulk with tolerable, but not great, accuracy: c. 21. 27. FULL, can measure ordinary and familiar distances well, yet shows ne remarkable natural talent in it: p. 191. c. 6. 8. 9. 10. 14. 18. LARGE, has an excellent eye for measuring proportion, size, height, angles, perpendiculars, &c.; quickly detects disproportions in them p. 190. c. 11. 19. 25. 42.

VERY LARGE, detects disproportion, and judges of size, with wonderful accuracy, by intuition, and as well without as with instruments; cannot endure inaccuracy: p. 191. c. 5. 7. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 40.

MODERATE, is rather deficient in measuring by the eye; with practice, may do tolerably well in short, but fails in long, distances: p. 191. SMALL, judges of relative size, &c., very inaccurately: p. 191. c. 28. 29 VERY SMALL, can hardly distinguish mountains from molehills: p. 192. 27. WEIGHT.-Intuitive perception and application of the principles of specifick gravity, projectile forces, momentum, balancing, resistance. AVERAGE, balances himself tolerably well in ordinary cases, yet has ne great natural talent in this respect: c. 21. 27.

FULL, keeps his centre of gravity well, but ventures little: p. 194. LARGE, can walk on a high or narrow place; hold a steady hand; throw a stone or ball, and shoot, straight; ride a fractious horse, &c., very well: p. 193. c. 16. 17. 25. 26. 40. 41.

VERY LARGE, has this power to a wonderful extent: p. 194. c. 7. 13. 15 MODERATE, maintains his centre of gravity, &c., rather poorly: p. 194 SMALL OR VERY SMALL, is unlike one with weight large: p. 195. c. 2C 88. 26. COLOUR.-Perception and recollection of colours, hues, tints, & AVERAGE, can discern and recollect colours, yet seldom notices them. FULL, with practice, compares and judges of colours well; without it, does not excel: p. 196. c. 10. 11. 41.

LARGE, has a natural taste and talent for comparing, arranging, mingling, applying, and recollecting colours; is delighted with paintings: p. 195 VERY LARGE, resembles one with colour large, but excels him: p. 196, MODERATE, aided by practice, can discern and compare colours, yet owes less to nature than art; seldom notices colours unless obliged to, and then soon forgets them: D. 197 c 20

SMALL, seldom observes the colour of one's hair, eyes, dress, &c.; can not describe them by what they wear, or compare colours apart; hardly distinguishes the primary colours by candlelight, much less shades: p. 197 VERY SMALL, can tell white from black, but do little more: p. 197. c. 1 29. 28. ORDER. System; physical arrangement; a place for things AVERAGE, appreciates order, yet not enough to keep it: c. 9. 10. 27 FULL, likes order; takes much pains to keep things arranged: p. 200. LARGE, has a place for things, and things in their places; can find, even in the dark, what he alone uses; is systematick; annoyed by disorder. p. 199. c. 6. 11. 15. 19. 40. 41.

VERY LARGE, is very precise and particular to have every little thing in its place; literally tormented by disorder; is fastidious: p. 199. c. 5.7 MODERATE, likes, but does not keep order; allows confusion: p. 201. SMALL OR VERY SMALL, is nearly destitute of order and system: p. 201 80. 29. CALCULATION.-Intuitive perception of the relations of num bers; ability to reckon figures in the head; numerical computation. AVERAGE, by practice and rules, may reckon figures quite well: c. 10. FULL, aided by rules and practice, may excel in reckoning figures, and do well in his head, but not without them: p. 204. c. 11. 27. LARGE, can add, subtract, divide, &c., in his head, with facility and correctness; become a rapid, correct accountant; delights and excels in rithmetick: p. 202. c. 5. 13. 15. 19.

VERY LARGE, has an intuitive faculty, to a wonderful extent, of reckoning even complicated sums of figures in his head; delights in it: p. 203. c. 7 MODERATE, does sums in his head rather slowly and inaccurately: p. 204. SMALL, is dull and incorrect in adding, dividing, &c.; dislikes it: p. 205. VERY SMALL, can hardly count, much less go farther: p. 205. c. 28. 29. 31. 27. LOCALITY. Cognizance and recollection of relative position, looks and geography of places, &c.; desire to travel, see the world, &c.: p. 205. AVERAGE, has a fair, though not excellent, recollection of places: c. 27 FULL, remembers places well, yet is liable to lose himself in a city or forest; ordinarily shows no deficiency; seldom loses himself: p. 207. c. 8. LARGE, recollects distinctly the looks of places, where he saw things, &c.; seldom loses himself, even in the dark; has a strong desire to travel, see places, &c.: p. 205. c. 20. 25. 26.

VERY LARGE, never forgets the looks, location, or geography of any place, or hardly thing, he has ever seen; is even passionately fond of travelling, scenery, geography, &c.: p. 206. c. 5. 7. 12. 13. 16. 17.40. MODERATE, recollects places rather poorly; sometimes gets lost: p. 207 SMALL OR VERY SMALL, has little geographical or local knowledge o recollection; seldom observes where he goes, or finds his way back: p. 208 SPECIES III. SEMI-PERCEPTIVE FACULTIES. These have to do with action or phenomena, and their conditions, and deal them out to the reasoning faculties: p. 50. 209. Large in c. 5. 7. 17; small in 6. 25. 32. 30. EVENTUALITY.-Recollection of actions, phenomena, occur rences, what has taken place, circumstantial and historical facts: p. 209. AVERAGE, has neither a good nor bad memory of occurrences, &c.; c. 8. FULL, recollects leading events, and interesting particulars, and has a good memory of occurrences, yet forgets less important details: p. 212. LARGE, has a clear and retentive memory of historical facts, general news, what he has seen, heard, read, &c., even in detail: p. 210. c. 5. 10. 16 VERY LARGE, never forgets any occurrence, even though it is trifling

has a craving thirst for information and experimen, literally devour books, newspapers, &c.; commands an astonishing amount of informa tion; p. 211. c. 12. 13. 14. 20.

MODERATE, recollects generals, not details; is rather forgetful; p. 212. c.6. SMALL, has a treacherous, confused memory of occurrences: p. 213. VERY SMALL, forgets almost every thing, generals as well as particulars. 83. 31. TIME.-Cognizance and recollection of succession, the lapse of time, dates, how long ago things occurred, &c.: p. 214.

AVERAGE, notices and remembers dates, times, &c., some, but not well. FULL, recollects about, but not precisely, when things occurred: p. 216 LARGE, tells dates, appointments, ages, time of day, &c., well: p. 215. VERY LARGE, remembers, with wonderful accuracy, the time of occurrences; is always punctual; tells the time, day, &c., by intuition: p. 216. MODERATE, has rather a poor idea of dates, the time when, &c.: p. 216. SMALL, can seldom tell when things took place; is not punctual: p. 217. VERY SMALL, is liable to forget even his age, much more other things. 34. 32. TUNE.-Tone; sense of melody and musical harmony; ability to learn tunes and detect chord and discord by ear; propensity to sing AVERAGE, likes music; with practice may perform tolerably well. FULL, can learn tunes by ear well, yet needs help from notes: p. 220. LARGE, easily catches tunes, and learns to sing and play on instruments by rote; delights greatly in singing; has a correct musical ear: p. 218. VERY LARGE, learns tunes by hearing them sung once or twice; is literally enchanted by good musick; shows intuitive skill, and spends much time, in making it; sings from the heart, and with melting pathos. p. 219. c. 12.

MODERATE, aided by notes and practice, may sing, yet it will be mecha. nically; lacks that soul and feeling which reaches the heart: p. 220. SMALL, learns to sing or play tunes either by note or rote with great difficulty; sings mechanically, and without emotion or effect: p. 221. VERY SMALL, can hardly discern one tune or note from another: p. 221 35, 33, LANGUAGE. Power of expressing ideas, feelings, &c., by means of words, attaching meaning to signs, &c.; verbal memory; desire and ability to talk: p. 222.

AVERAGE, can communicate his ideas tolerably well, yet finds some difficulty; uses common words; can write better than speak.

FULL, commands a fair share of words, yet uses familiar expressions is neither fluent nor the reverse; when excited, expresses himself freely, yet not copiously: p. 227. c. 6.

LARGE, is a free, easy, ready, fluent talker and speaker; uses good lan guage; commits easily; seldom hesitates for words: p. 224. c. 5. 7. 20 VERY LARGE, has by nature astonishing command of words, copious ness and eloquence of expression, and verbal memory; quotes with ease; is an incessant talker; has too many words: p. 226. c. 11. 40. 41 MODERATE, often hesitates for words; employs too few; may write well and be a critical linguist, but cannot be an easy, fluent speaker: p. 228 SMALL, employs few words, and those common-place; in speaking hesitates much; is barren in expression; commits slowly: p. 228. VERY SMALL, can hardly remember or use words at all, or read: p. 229. GENUS IV. REFLECTIVE OR REASONING INTELLECT. This looks beyond mere physical facts and natural phenomena, and investigates their causes, abstract relations, analogies, great principles, &c.: xiginates

ideas; ascertains and applies natural laws; contrives; invents, &c.; p. 229. LARGE OR VERY LARGE, with perceptive intellect less, gives great depth without brilliancy of talent; shows to be less than he is; holds out well. 36. 35. CAUSALITY.-Cognizance of the relations of cause and effect; ability to apply them, or to adapt means to ends; power of reasoning, drawing inferences from premises, discovering first principles, &c. AVERAGE, has some, but no great, ability to plan and reason: c. 10. FULL, adapts means to ends well; has an active desire to ascertain causes, yet not a deep, original, cause-discovering and applying mind: p. 236. c. 21. 27.

LARGE, plans well; can think clearly and closely; is always inquiring into the why and the wherefore-the causes and explanation of things • always gives and requires the reason; has by nature excellent judgment, good ideas, a strong mind, &c.: p. 233. c. 5. 18. 19. 41.

VERY LARGE, is endowed with a deep, strong, original, comprehensive mind, powerful reasoning faculties, great vigour and energy of thought, first-rate judgment, and a gigantick intellect: p. 236. c. 6. 7. 11. 40. 41 MODERATE, is rather slow of comprehension; deficient in adapting means to ends; has not good ideas or judgment: p. 237. c. 8. 12. 13. 15. 16 SMALL, has a weak, imbecile mind; cannot contrive or think: p. 238. c. 14. 20. 25. 26.

VERY SMALL, little idea of causation: is a natural fool: p. 238. c. 28. 29. 17. 34. COMPARISON.-Perception of analogies, resemblances, differ. ences; ability to compare, illustrate, criticise, classify, generalize, &c. AVERAGE, perceives striking analogies; illustrates tolerably well: c. 8. 21 FULL, illustrates, discriminates, &c., well, but not remarkably so: p. 243 LARGE, has a happy talent for comparing, illustrating, criticising, arguing from similar cases, discriminating between what is and is not analogous, or in point, classifying phenomena, and thereby ascertaining their laws, &c. p. 241. c. 7. 12. 13. 15. 18. 19. 41.

VERY LARGE, is endowed with an extraordinary amount of critical acumen; analytical, comparing, and illustrating power: p. 243. c. 5. 6. 40. 4.. MODERATE, may discern obvious similarities, yet overlooks others: p. 244. SMALL OR VERY SMALL, is almost destitute of this power: p. 244. c. 28. 29 Having made numerous observations upon the following organs, and especially upon suavitiveness, the author considers them as highly probable, but not as ascertained. (See pp. 248-9.) He therefore places them before the tribunal of facts, and awaits its decision, meanwhile summoning the phrenological world as witnesses. They were first pointed out by L. N. Fowler, brother of the author.

C. SUAVITIVENESS. Ability to render one's self agreeable; pleasant

ness,

AVERAGE OR FULL, neither excels nor is deficient in this respect. LARGE OR VERY LARGE, readily wins confidence and affection, even of enemies; can say and do hard things without creating difficulty; obtain favours; get along well; so say and do things that they take: p. 248 MODERATE OR SMALL, is deficient in the power just described. D. This faculty is as yet without a name. Ône with this organ LARGE OR VERY LARGE, perceives, as if by intuition, the character and motives of men from their physiognomy, conversation, &c.; is suspicious, and seldom deceived; naturally understands human nature: p. 247.40

"RATE OR SMALL, seldom suspects others; is easily imposed upon s human nature slowly; does not know well how to take men: p. 247

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