Coombs, F. (Frederick) · New York, Boston [etc.] Fowler and Wells · leaf 18
A certain width of head is necessary to give impetus, reso-lution, and determination of character, in either ladies orgentlemen; and when too wide in either, implies passionand severity. The science in this respect is of incalculablevalue, enabling us by its assistance to form happy matrimo-nial… … Explanation of Lines, 3fC. on next page. No. I is the correct drawing of the back-head of a reckles.4murderer. No. 2 that of a cowardly Hindoo. The lines ra-diating from the base give the length of the organ 6, or de-structiveness, the organ 12, or caution; the perpendicular lineof firmness,…
Phrenology
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