"Truths for the million" : hand book & guide to physiology, psychology, physiognomy and phrenology / by Joseph Dyson.

  • Dyson, Joseph.
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[1885]
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Credit: "Truths for the million" : hand book & guide to physiology, psychology, physiognomy and phrenology / by Joseph Dyson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lence ; produces a desire for the happiness of others, prompts to kindness, generosity, love, sympathy, and self-denial. When small, Self will absorb every feeling. Situation .. On the upper & middle part of the forehead, below Veneration. Small .... Indifference to others, insensible to charity, selfish. Moderate . .Lack of interest m the sick and the poor, rather selfish. Fw// Win return good for evU, disposed to kindness. Large .... Kind, liberal, exliibits dismterested charity, likes to do good. Extra large Unbomided liberality, good Samaritan, veiy generous. Abuse ... .Profuse in giving; be just, then generous. ORDER 8.-IRTELLECT0AL FACULTIES, 20. Constpuctiveness—The tendency to construct, to work. It aids all who combine materials into works of utility. Combined with Combativeness and Destruc- tiveness, will construct implements of war;—with Veneration erect places of worship; with Tune and Time, construct musical instruments. Large in animals which build ; when small a person is clumsy-handed, can do nothing with neatness or dexterity, cannot even make a pen or point a pencil. Situation .. Immediately before Acquisitiveness, in the temple. Small .... Awkard and bimgUng in the use of tools, without plans. Moderate .. Clumsy in consti’ucting or buildhig, no abihty. EtUl Ingenuity in contriving, an insight how to make anytliing. Large .... Talents for contriving and plannmg machinery. Extra large Skill for manufactiu-mg, or constructmg works of Ai-t. Abuse.... A waste of money on impractical useless things. 21. Ideality.—Produces delight at beauty and per- fection ; imbues every idea with a feeling of exquisite enthusiasm ; it inspires enthusiasm, embellishment, and splendid conceptions. Essential to the poet, painter, sculptor, and all who cultivate the fine arts. It elevates and expands the other feelings and conceptions, directs to high objects, gives a tendency to, and capacity for fefinement. Situation .. Over the temples, below Spiiituality, & above Acquisitiveness. Small .... Coarse vulgarity, and a want of polish and refinement. Moderate .. Homeliness, simplicity, prefers utUity to beauty, useful. Full A taste fob the lovely, embellished, polished, and iluageiy. Large Indulges the poetic, sublime, beautiful, fond of pictines. Extra large Sensible to the grand in eloquence, music, poetiy, and art.. Abuse ... .To indulge and neglect the duties of lile, to colour &'exaggerate. B. Sublimity—Large in all Poets whose writings are distinguished by the noble and sublime, it delights In the lovely, grand, vast, infinite, and magnificent; is