Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 103
t , /» »i j . ous, but tailed toestablish it on any satisfactory basis. Cullen reduced the tem-peraments to two—the sanguine and the melancholic. In reference to the character, as modified by temperament,Hoffmann says: The choleric temperament disposes men tobe precipitate and impetuous, prone to… … THE BRAIN LEFT OUT. 9T guine—a happier temperament—gives cheerfulness and a care-less good-humor. Melancholic men should be counselors;choleric persons, generals, ambassadors, and orators; and san-guineous people, courtiers; but persons who have the misfor-tune to be phlegmatic must be condemned to…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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