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 HOW TO READ CHARACTER. 
 
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HOW TO READ CHARACTER. 
 
 Tub well ascertained laws of the Four Tomixiraments, suiv 
 ply a teacher with one of the most scientific and yet sinij)le 
 means of finding out the characters and dispositions of her 
 scholars. An analysis of them will ])e found in the accom- 
 panying taV)les. By means of Tahle I., it is easy to find out 
 to which of the Temi^eraments anyone's bodily character- 
 istics belong, or to Avhat extent two Temperaments are 
 commingled in him. Then with the help of Table II., you 
 will be able to read oflP his mental qualities and his general 
 character with astonishing accuracy and down to the most 
 minute detail. 
 
 Perhajis the l^est way to show how to use these tables is 
 by an example. 
 
 Let us supypse^^hat^you want to fi^id out the character of 
 a certain maft A'ftl3Lk!itowli.liii public file In? MonKroal. AVrite 
 do his name 'P. » .•.•/. •€«• a.sh^t;' of jpapey anil, l-eferring to 
 Table I., askyoftrself : ,, 
 
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 On reading over the four dffferfont -sets of t>i')iUiet6 under 
 the word " Body" in Table I., it will be generally agreed that 
 the description " Fat, well-rounded, not strong," applies to 
 his person more than any other there given. In Body, 
 therefore, he belongs to the " Placid Temperament," and you 
 must write the words " In Body P." (P. standing for Placid), 
 opposite his name. 
 
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4 now TO READ CIIAnACTHn. 
 
 Tlu'll ask yoiirsolf " What is liis lioi«rht?" Is it "Tall," 
 "Tallish," " Avora^'o," or " Small?" 
 
 The answer willho "Tall or Talli.sli," and you must a<ld 
 to his description tho words " Hei«rht, P. or S." 
 
 Aftor similarly <r<>iuj4 thron^di the wholo list of tho bo<lily 
 characteristics, his full description will read off as follows: — 
 Mr. F.;— In Body, V. (for Placid); Hei^dit, P. or S. (whether 
 Placid or San«ruino may be determined ])y the context). 
 Flesh, P. — Face, P. — Complexion, P. — Eyes, P. — Hair, 
 P. — Beard, P. — Movenients, P. J^. — His movements, that 
 is, show a combination of the Placid and San j^uine character- 
 istics being solid as well as vigorous. Mr. F is, there- 
 fore an example of the all but purely Placid Temi^rament, 
 and his character will V)e read off from Tal)le II. as follows — 
 
 Intellect, limited, plodding, and not bright; Judgment, 
 reliable; Memory, slow (especially, in his case, slow to for- 
 get); Imagination, cold; Kesolutions, slowlj' formed, but 
 firm M'hen formed; Feelings, gentle and not lively. His 
 vices are checked by i)rayer and habit. He is calm, gentle, 
 guileless and patient. He is quiet and soothing in manner, 
 His most marked characteristic is love of repose. 
 
 The bodily characteristics of some persons will be found to 
 be a mixture of 1*. and. S., Placid and ?ja«nguine; those of 
 others to hbls'. an(J*l$.' (yprt'oOs^ariq BHiotCs).-^ ' 'Bnt as their 
 mental idiQSxiltvU.s-rpw.win Ite, 'at' fin 5'* {"ate',* partially known, 
 there wilH>p, geneT.ally,.but ,M<jtle TttflU'ivliy/rji 'determining 
 ■which of the twI)'fGnvi)eVJin1ectit.s'suijs jt'nWn' be«'6 'iinder each 
 of the several Reads in'Talile II. 
 
 Suppose for instance that a man's bodily peculiarities 
 show that the Nervous and Bilious temperaments are com- 
 bined in him. There will be no tlifiiculty in determining 
 wliether hts manners are " Sympathetic and Pleasant'' as in 
 the Nervous, or "Silent and Abrupt" as in the Bilious 
 Temj)erament .