Practical Phrenology: Giving a Concise Elementary View of Phrenology, Presenting Some New and Important Remarks on the Temperaments and Describing the Primary Mental Powers in Seven Different Degrees of DevelopmentFowlers and Wells, 1853 - 430 pages |
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... fond , to their own account ; always feather their own nests ; look out for themselves , and take care to get their own part of every thing . In short , this is the animal temperament , both physically and phrenologically , and ...
... fond , to their own account ; always feather their own nests ; look out for themselves , and take care to get their own part of every thing . In short , this is the animal temperament , both physically and phrenologically , and ...
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... fond of reading and study ; of thinking and rea- soning ; of books and literary pursuits ; of conversation , and of all kinds of information , and apt to lie awake at night , thinking , or feeling , or reading . This temperament gives ...
... fond of reading and study ; of thinking and rea- soning ; of books and literary pursuits ; of conversation , and of all kinds of information , and apt to lie awake at night , thinking , or feeling , or reading . This temperament gives ...
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... fond of company , if not forward in it ; have a quick , clear , sharp , keen , active mind and good business talents ; a ready flow of ideas and a talent for communicating them , either on paper or in social conversation ; show taste ...
... fond of company , if not forward in it ; have a quick , clear , sharp , keen , active mind and good business talents ; a ready flow of ideas and a talent for communicating them , either on paper or in social conversation ; show taste ...
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... fond of deep reasoning , and philosophizing , of hard thinking , and the graver and more solid branches of learning . This is the thorough - going temperament ; imparts business powers ; predisposes to hard work , and * True eloquence ...
... fond of deep reasoning , and philosophizing , of hard thinking , and the graver and more solid branches of learning . This is the thorough - going temperament ; imparts business powers ; predisposes to hard work , and * True eloquence ...
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... fond of love tales , romances , sentimental poetry , & c . but if ideality be moderate or small , and the motive temperament predo- minant , will be the reverse ; with philoprogenitiveness also large , will be eminently qualified to ...
... fond of love tales , romances , sentimental poetry , & c . but if ideality be moderate or small , and the motive temperament predo- minant , will be the reverse ; with philoprogenitiveness also large , will be eminently qualified to ...
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