The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology Part 13

VERY LARGE.--Is very particular about order, even to old maidishness; works far beyond strength to have things just so; and with large Ideality, and an active temperament, and only fair Vitality, is liable to break down health and const.i.tution by overworking in order to have things extra nice, and takes more pains to keep things in order than this order is worth; with large Ideality, is fastidious about personal appearance, and extra particular to have every little thing very nice; and with Acquisitiveness added, cannot bear to have garments soiled, and is pained in the extreme by grease spots, ink blots, and like deformities: p. 199.

FULL.--If educated to business habits, evinces a good degree of method, and disposition to systematize, but without practice, may sometimes show laxity; with a powerful mentality, but weaker muscles, likes to have things in order, yet does not always keep them so; with large Causality added, shows more mental than physical order; with large moral organs, likes to have religious matters, codes of discipline, etc., rigidly observed, and has more moral than personal method; with Acquisitiveness and perceptives large, is sufficiently methodical for all practical business purposes, yet not extra particular: p. 200.

AVERAGE.--Likes order, yet may not always keep it, and desires more than it practically secures: p. 198.

MODERATE.--Is very apt to leave things where they were last used, and lacks method; with Ideality moderate, lacks personal neatness, and should cultivate this desirable element by being more particular: p. 201.

SMALL.--Has a very careless, inaccurate way of doing every thing; leaves things where it happens; can never find what is wanted; takes a long time to get ready, or else goes unprepared, and has every thing in perpetual confusion: p. 201.

VERY SMALL.--Is almost wholly dest.i.tute of this arranging power and desire: p. 201.

30. CALCULATION.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 91. LARGE.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 92. SMALL.]

Cognizance of NUMBERS; ability to reckon figures IN THE HEAD; MENTAL arithmetic. Adapted to the relations of numbers.

LARGE.--Excels in mental arithmetic, in adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, reckoning figures, casting accounts, etc., in the head; with large perceptives, has excellent business talents; and large Locality and Causality added, excels as a mathematician: p. 202.

VERY LARGE.--Possesses this calculating capability in a most extraordinary degree; can add several columns at once very rapidly and correctly, and multiply and divide with the same intuitive powers; loves mental arithmetic exceedingly well: p. 203.

FULL.--Possesses good calculating powers; with practice can calculate in the head or by arithmetical rules easily and accurately, yet without practice is not remarkable; with large Form, Size, Comparison, Causality, and Constructiveness, can be a good geometrician or mathematician, yet will do better in the higher branches than merely arithmetical: p. 204.

AVERAGE.--Can learn arithmetic and do quite well by practice, yet is not naturally gifted in this respect: p. 202.

MODERATE.--Adds, subtracts, divides, and calculates with extreme difficulty; with large Acquisitiveness and perceptives, will make a better salesman than book-keeper: p. 204.

SMALL.--Is dull and incorrect in adding, subtracting, dividing, etc.; dislikes figuring; is poor in arithmetic, both practical and theoretical, and should cultivate this faculty: p. 205.

VERY SMALL.--Can hardly count, much less calculate: p. 205.

31. LOCALITY.

Cognizance of PLACE; recollection of the LOOKS of places, roads, scenery, and the LOCATION of objects; WHERE on a page ideas are to be found, and position generally; the GEOGRAPHICAL faculty; desire to SEE places, and the ability to FIND them. Adapted to the arrangement of s.p.a.ce and place.

Perverted, it creates a cosmopolitic disposition, and would spend every thing in traveling.

LARGE.--Remembers the whereabout of whatever it sees; can carry the points of the compa.s.s easily in the head, and is lost with difficulty either in the city, woods, or country; desires to see places, and never forgets them; studies geography and astronomy with ease; and rarely forgets where things are seen; with Constructiveness, remembers the arrangement of the various parts of a machine; with Individuality, Eventuality, and Human Nature, loves to see men and things as well as places, and hence has a pa.s.sion for traveling: p. 205.

VERY LARGE.--Always keeps a correct idea of the relative and absolute position, either in the deep forests or the winding street; cannot be lost; is perfectly enamored of traveling; has literally a pa.s.sion for it: p. 206.

FULL.--Remembers places well, yet not extraordinarily so; can generally find the way, yet may sometimes be lost or confused; with large Eventuality, remembers facts better than places: p. 207.

AVERAGE.--Recollects places and positions seen several times, yet in city or on roads is occasionally lost; has no great geographical talent, yet by study and practice can do tolerably well: p. 205.

MODERATE.--Recollects places rather poorly; dare not trust itself in strange places or large cities; is not naturally good in geography, and to excel in it must study hard; should energetically cultivate this faculty by localizing every thing, and remembering just how things are placed: p.

207.

SMALL.--Is decidedly deficient in finding places, and recollects them with difficulty even when perfectly familiar with them: p. 208.

VERY SMALL.--Must stay at home unless accompanied by others, because it cannot find the way back: p. 208.

LITERARY FACULTIES.

These collect information, anecdotes, and remember matters of fact and knowledge in general, and give what is called a good memory. Adapted to facts, dates, and the communication of ideas and feelings.

LARGE.--Render their possessor smart, knowing, and off-hand; enable him to show off to good advantage in society; with large Ideality, give brilliancy to talent.

VERY LARGE.--Is extraordinarily well informed, if not learned and brilliant; according to his means is a first-rate scholar; has a literal pa.s.sion for literary pursuits, and a strong cast of mind.

FULL.--Give a fair, matter-of-fact cast of mind and knowing powers, fair scholarship, and a good general memory.

AVERAGE.--If cultivated, give a good general memory and store considerable knowledge; yet without cultivation only a commonplace memory, and no great general knowledge.

MODERATE.--Know much more than they can think of at the time, or can tell; with large reflective faculties, has more judgment than memory, and strength of mind than ability to show off.

SMALL OR VERY SMALL.--Has a poor memory of most things, and inferior literary capabilities.

32. EVENTUALITY.

Memory of FACTS; recollection of CIRc.u.mSTANCES, NEWS, OCCURRENCES, and historical, scientific, and pa.s.sing EVENTS; what has been SAID, SEEN, HEARD, and once KNOWN. Adapted to ACTION, or those changes constantly occurring around or within us.

LARGE.--Has a clear and retentive memory of historical facts, general knowledge, what has been seen, heard, read, done, etc., even in detail; considering advantages, is well informed and knowing; desires to witness and inst.i.tute experiments; find out what is and has been, and learn anecdotes, particulars, and items of information, and readily recalls to mind what has once entered it; has a good general matter-of-fact memory, and picks up facts readily; with Calculation and Acquisitiveness, remembers business matters, bargains, etc.; with large social feelings, recalls friends to mind, and what they have said and done; and with large Locality, a.s.sociates facts with the place where they transpired, and is particularly fond of reading, lectures, general news, etc., and can become a good scholar: p. 210.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 93. LARGE.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 94. SMALL.]

VERY LARGE.--Possesses a wonderfully retentive memory of every thing like facts and incidents; with large Language and Imitation, tells a story admirably, and excels in fiction, etc.; has a craving thirst for knowledge, and literally devours books and newspapers, nor allows any thing once in the mind to escape it: p. 211.

FULL.--Has a good general memory of matters and things, yet it is considerably effected by cultivation, that is, has a good memory if it is habitually exercised--if not, only an indifferent one; with large Locality, recollects facts by a.s.sociating them with the place, or by recollecting where on a page they are narrated; with large reflectives, remembers principles better than facts, and facts by a.s.sociating them with their principles; and with large Language, tells a story quite well: p.

212.

AVERAGE.--Recollects leading events and interesting particulars, yet is rather deficient in memory of items and details, except when it is well cultivated: p. 209.

MODERATE.--Is rather forgetful, especially in details; and with moderate Individuality and Language, tells a story very poorly; and should cultivate memory by its exercise: p. 212.

SMALL.--Has a treacherous and confused memory of circ.u.mstances; often forgets what is wanted, what was intended to be said, done, etc.; has a poor command of knowledge, and should strenuously exercise this remembering power: p. 213.

VERY SMALL.--Forgets almost every thing, both generals and particulars: p.

213.