How to read character : a new illustrated hand-book of phrenology and physiognomy, for students and examiners; with a descriptive chart (1891)
Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York : Fowler & Wells · leaf 54
e utmostdetermination against death, and by the power of the willoften recover from a sickness that would quickly prove fatalto another with the same degree of constitution and vitalpower, but lacking this faculty of resistance to death. Thisdifference is believed, on the evidence of thousands of… … —Thomas H. Benton.* 50 HOW TO READ CHARACTER. a fundamental faculty which we call Vitativeness. It is notrecognized by the European writers on Phrenology. 4. Cultivation.—The constant contemplation of the pleas-ures and advantages of life, and the formation of plans tosecure these pleasures and…
Phrenology · Characters and characteristics · Physiognomy
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