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... shows us our natural talents , capabilities , virtues , vices , strong and weak points , liabilities to err , etc. , and thereby points out , unmistakably , those occupations and spheres in which we can and cannot succeed and shine ...
... shows us our natural talents , capabilities , virtues , vices , strong and weak points , liabilities to err , etc. , and thereby points out , unmistakably , those occupations and spheres in which we can and cannot succeed and shine ...
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... show how to perfect the former by improving the latter , and disclose specific SIGNS OF CHARACTER , by which we may know ourselves and our fellow - men with certainty - a species of knowledge most delightful in acquisition , and ...
... show how to perfect the former by improving the latter , and disclose specific SIGNS OF CHARACTER , by which we may know ourselves and our fellow - men with certainty - a species of knowledge most delightful in acquisition , and ...
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... show refine- ment in their laugh . Those who ha , ha , right out , unreservedly , have no cunning , and are open - hearted in every thing ; while those who suppress laughter , and try to control their countenances in it , are more or ...
... show refine- ment in their laugh . Those who ha , ha , right out , unreservedly , have no cunning , and are open - hearted in every thing ; while those who suppress laughter , and try to control their countenances in it , are more or ...
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... show . Those who , in walking , roll from side to side . lack directness of character , and side every way , according to circum- stances ; whereas , those who take a bee line - that is , whose body moves neither to the right nor left ...
... show . Those who , in walking , roll from side to side . lack directness of character , and side every way , according to circum- stances ; whereas , those who take a bee line - that is , whose body moves neither to the right nor left ...
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... show off to advan- tage . A bold , high forehead , indicates strong reasoning capabilities , while a retiring forchead indicates less soundness , but more availability of talent . 23. — THE NATURAL LANGUAGE OF THE FACULTIES . Phrenology.
... show off to advan- tage . A bold , high forehead , indicates strong reasoning capabilities , while a retiring forchead indicates less soundness , but more availability of talent . 23. — THE NATURAL LANGUAGE OF THE FACULTIES . Phrenology.
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