How to read character : a new illustrated hand-book of phrenology and physiognomy, for students and examiners : with a descriptive chart (1890)
Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York : Fowler & Wells · leaf 61
If in a friendly conversewith a person in whom the organ is large and Secretivenesssmall, one happens to touch on some irritating topic, in aninstant the softness of Benevolence and the courtesy of Loveof Approbation are gone, and the hoarse growl of Destruc-tiveness indicates an approaching storm.… … crush whatever is inimical to our welfare; to tunnel mount-ains, fell trees, blast out rocks, and face the storm. It impelsus to destroy in order not to be ourselves destroyed; toendure and to inflict pain, when necessary, as in a surgicaloperation; to kill the animals necessary for our…
Phrenology · Physiognomy
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