457 PRICE. 25 'CENTS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ULYSSES S. GRANT: THEIK CHARACTER AND CONSTITUTION SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED; WITH ENORA.VINGS. ALL WHO DESIRE TO GAIN A RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRESIDENT, ABRA- HAM LINCOLN, AND LIEUT.-GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT, WILL PLEASE TO READ THIS WORK. SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLISHED BY A. F. KOLLNER, PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGIST. Office, No. 32 Second Street. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ULYSSES S. GRANT: THEIR CHARACTER AND CONSTITUTION SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED, WITH ALL WHO DESIRE TO GAIN A RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRESIDENT, ABRA- HAM LINCOLN, AND LIEUT.-GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT, WILL PLEASE TO READ THIS WORK. PUBLISHED BY A. T. ROLLNER, PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGIST, 1864. , a JL f .1 .JL : APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE tate 0f THE time-of the election for the Presidentialship of the United States of America is come. The welfare, unity and power of a great nation is to be placed in the hands of one man. It becomes the duty of every citizen to wie,ld his power and influence in the right channel, to choose a Captain en- dowed with talents, energies, will and perseverance able to res- cue the Ship out of the storm, and guide it into a safe harbor. The time is come to throw your influence on the scale which will decide the man who, for the coming term of years, will rule the political affairs of our Country. It is a critical time, indeed. Every man is called to give this great matter of a nation's welfare an honest consideration, according to his own judgment. Yet, there are thousands who are undecided, hav- ing neither time nor opportunity to gain reliable knowledge of the candidate whom they would otherwise support. I consider it my duty, interested in the welfare of our great nation, to examine the man strictly and scientifically, according to the Science of Phrenology and Physiognomy : as an especial favor, reveal unto you the character of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States. SIR : You bear a striking and impressive countenance. Your oval head and face indicate a vigorous, active, energetic mind, strongly marked character, manifesting a superior capac- ity for both perception and conception; large firmness, self-re- liance and perseverance in your engagements ; constancy in love and friendship. These signs indicate the acknowledged leader in the sphere of life, attaining success by means of energy and perseverance rather than by deep scheming. In temperament the motive predominates, being very largely developed ; confers great muscular power and physical strength ; a love for labor, lifting, working with great ease of action and endurance, and renders you strong, tough, thorough-going, for- cible, and of powerful emotion ; strongly marked, determined, impressive, both physically and mentally, stamping your char- acter on all you touch. The mental temperament being largely developed, combine with the motive, indicate and afford you great power of deep and sound reasoning, clear judgment, and a manifestation, not only of superior talents, but of the solid, reasoning, investigat- ing intellect. Your vital temperament is fully developed; supplies you and sustains your body with that strength and power which enable you to put forth such tremendous efforts in your actions. This temperament being fully developed, is accompanied by large combativeness, destructiveness and firmness. These very organs are indispensable to those who engage in great under- takings, or would rise to eminence. These three temperaments, so strongly united in you, endow you with that swaying, commanding and leading character, gives you power of mind and body, and makes you our Com- mander-in-Chief. Having briefly explained your temperament with its signifi- cance, I proceed to examine closely the special traits of your character. As I often engage in studying the characters of great men, which gives me special pleasure, I find your physi- ognomy resembles very much those of other great men, espe- cially those self-made men a Frederick the Great, Wellington, Washington, or a Jackson, and others. You have a high, massive and fully developed forehead, a high and full crown, a calm, keen eye, full of truthfulness and sympathy, a very prominent nose, a straight, manly mouth, and a fully developed chin. Such a face reveals a great deal even to the common observer, how much more to a practical physiognomist. A whole volume might easily be written (and a very interesting one) on your physiognomy. Yet, in my re- marks I must be brief. Firmness, conscientiousness, hope and benevolence are large, indicating steadfastness to cling to what is right, and to pun- ish the wrong a love for justice and liberty. Your benevo- lence, combined with large social organs, render you kind and affectionate to your family and acquaintance, generous toward strangers, sympathizing and administering relief to those who suffer pain or sickness. Veneration and spirituality nearly full, filling you with reverence and faith. Your worship is sin- cere, yet without much ceremony or form. Your leading, organs of the moral faculties being large, com- bine with full imitation, ideality and sublimity, create in you an aspiration after goodness, virtue, purity and strict moral principle, integrity, love of right, and sense of accountability and obligation. You love justice and truth, regard duty, are disposed to fulfill promises and agreements, have an internal motive to approve the right and condemn the wrong, with a desire to reform. Your forehead being high, it endows you with natural greatness of intellect and judgment, high talents, sound sense and clear reasoning power and comprehensiveness of mind. The moral and intellectual organs, so prominent, make you great in whatsoever you do. They give you that control and self-command which has raised you from step to step, till you fill the very highest position obtainable in this, our glorious Country. There is an unusual fulness over the eyes, which endows you with power to judge of the value and usefulness of all you see, with extraordinary power to observe. You have a constructing, planning mind, with large, practical judgment in general. Behold the eye ! how calm and steady, yet how keen and piercing ! how quick to observe and read the character of men at a glance! Full of hope, sympathy, truthfulness and self- command. No passion or intemperance is admitted. All un- just desires are kept in check by a steady, iron will. Then, in those eyes I see a noble, honest, steadfast and intellectual look, combined with reverence, modesty and cheerfulness. Those noble eyes are, indeed, a fit emblem for a crown. They never yet disdained a smile, nor trembled at a frown. Again, I see a large and compact nose of the Roman type. What an amount of greatness, of the leading, commanding and swaying character, combined with force, industry, economy and cool courage ; a desire to encounter danger and difficulties ; a will to stand on the defensive, to protect one's self, defend friend and country, and build defensive works, fortifications and rnen-of-war. All these are indispensable to a commander a large Roman nose and prominent cheek-bones. We find all great commanders, from Julius Caesar to Napoleon, Wellington, Blucher, and others. They all had prominent noses and full cheek-bones, and so has our great Commander-in-Chief. Behold the large, straight, and manly mouth, with its ex- pressions of purity, love and friendship, steadfastness, perse- verance and firmness ! What large comprehensiveness, concen- tration and application clearness and precision ; and the lover part how full and prominent, indicating very large patriotism and philanthropy. You, like Washington, furnish a marked example of the most exalted patriotism and warm love for man- kind in general. You have an exalted, noble and aspiring mind, combined with honesty in motives, love for liberty, and desire to act and speak freely without hesitation ; a general confidence in your strength, abilities, and sincere and upright motives, and having those and many other qualities so highly developed, you could rarely fail to leave your mark on all you touch. Yet, you are apt rather to place too much confidence in those whom you needs r must engage. The scripture says " Watch," and again it says, "Watch prove all things, hold fast that which is good." " You are freely disposed to forgive often ; too much so espe- cially in time of war. There should be less allowance for neg- lect or imprudence, but rather a doubly strict observance of law and its execution, combined with severe punishment on all who venture to disobey or are found guilty, especially to those employed in the service of the Government. In the time of war it becomes every individual to be doubly suspicious, to sharpen their watchfulness, and to be ever on their guard. In regard to your health, continue your strict observance of the rule of temperance ; take no less than eight hours of sleep, which will enable you to accomplish your daily difficult task with ease and pleasure, and bring forth powerful and sound judgment and actions which have 'so nobly marked your steps and deeds, and are indispensable for our noble Commander- in-Chief. 8 The examination of your great and exalted character leads me to say that your past life has been full of hard physical and mental labor, encounters and adventures of difficulties and dangers. Your constant love and desire for action has found engagements and difficulties sufficient to break the strongest constitution ; yet, hard out-door employment in your youth, solid and plain living strict love and observance of temper- ance and virtue has fortified you with unusually strong mus- cles, a powerful frame, large vital and mental organs, a wiry and tough constitution, and aspiring mind and body, which can rarely fail to crown your efforts with success. On your future life permit me to remark : Walk before God and be perfect. He has said " I will renew my covenant with thee." He will multiply and bless the nation you are called to preside over. Peace and unity shall be restored under your administration. You shall reap the reward of your labor more abundantly. Accomplish your will and lay down the scepter, freely followed by the good will of God and man. Your name shall be written on the list of those who spent their lives and energies nobly, in the service of their country. ULYSSES S. GRANT. PHRENOLOGICAL CHARACTER, Of the various likenesses of warriors, who have raised them- selves by honest motives, cool courage and high mental and physical power and talent, the above represents to us one of the most striking in appearance, uniting in the one person all those talents and energies, both physical and mental, which are indispensable for all who would become truly great, and mark meir career and action in every department of life, with prudence, power, self-command and ability, creating es- teem, love and confidence, and crowning every effort with honor and success. Bsncrof t ubiiaqr Much, indeed, depends upon the various talents, capacities and energies of any person who would rise to eminence, yet much also upon the honest and true motive. Napoleon stands yet 10 fresh in our memory he fought for the glory of France ; his talents as a warrior and statesman are indisputable ; we have beheld his glory, yet also his downward career and final fall. Not love of honor, but rather love for duty and country inspired Blucher, Wellington and Washington, they stood like rocks through all the torrents and storms of life : they, by honest and sincere motives accomplished their great and difficult task. We have beheld their triumphant career and glorious end. Examining the character of U. S. Grant in a moral aspect, we find a full, broad and high head, with large benevolence, firmness and concientiousness, with full hope, veneration and faith. These are the greatest gifts of God bestowed on man. Strict moral principle, regard for duty and love fo$ mankind are generally accompanied by affection and sympathy, and rever- ence for God and religion. Your morals being fully developed, strengthened by steadfastness and self-reliance, inspire you with honest and true motives, love for duty, and strict observ- ance for the welfare of your country. A disinterested mind for honor or glory, but rather a disposition to assign the honor of any victory, achieved even under your command, to others, filling them with love and esteem and a desire to obey and yield their strength in accordance with your will, endeavoring to do all to be worthy of their noble commander. The high standing of your moral character fills me, indeed, with the greatest confidence ; yet, without force of character, even Luther, with all his highly exalted morals, could not have reformed the world had he not been possessed of such im- mense destructiveness, combativeness and general force of cha- racter. It matters not whether we fight with the teword in hand or the word of God, we must be endowed with force and perseverance to achieve the victory. 11 Your head being white and fully developed around the ears, indicate large destructiveness, combativeness and executive- ness, giving you force and resistance, cool courage to meet the enemy, brave dangers and difficulties, and even disable or de- stroy whatsoever opposes you, yet having secretiveness and cau- tiousness also full, you are mindful of dangers, will not venture too freely, make little sacrifice, are cool and self-possessed, not hurrying yourself or others into destructiveness, but rather take time and opportunity and then fight with advantage and success. Your practical judgment and calculating power are rathe* high. You judge the qualifications of men and other ma- terial things correctly ; have an excellent eye to measure ; you possess a superior talent in horsemanship, great talent for the study of geography and mathematics, remember places and countenances once seen quite well, and the tinie when and how things occurrede asily, better than the names thereof; your order and calculation are immense; language not quite full, hence you have more thoughts than words; what you have to say is in the fewest words, burdened with thoughts ; you write little and to the^point; make short speeches, yet full of meaning and im- pression ; you rather make plans and execute them, than to speak about or reveal them to others, except when needful. Your eye appears very calm and fixed, full of deep thought ; there is nothing nervous or irritable in your look, but rather decision, firmness and cool courage ; your look is deep and scrutinizing, seeing and perceiving all that transpires around, yet say nothing, perhaps do nothing either, until the time for action is ripe, then, even men of a far seeing mind wonder and are surprised over those deep plans, their execution, final success and victory. 12 i Your high and full forehead indicates a superior power of reasoning, comparing and investigating; good common sense and sound judgment, give you self-command, enable you easily to rule all your other faculties and make them yield to reason- There is an even counterbalance in those various faculties, bringing forth a combination of well-together-netted plans and actions, which cannot fail to accomplish at last the great ' end for which they were designed. Taking a general view of your countenance, with its ex- pression and indication, it fills us with the greatest confidence in your qualification as commander of a great army : there is a superior mind, full of deep thoughts, planning, constructing and investigating intellect, with great power to concentrate, com- prehend and apply both mind and body perseveringly to what- soever duty you are called upon to perform. What an immense force, persistence and cool courage are resting there, sufficient to brave and battle all the difficulties and dangers which the most rebellious war could ever produce; moreover, aided by cool cal- culation and sober judgment, ability to comprehend dangers and difficulties in the right light, with talents to provide and secure means to overcome them and yield glorious ends ! Then notice the breadth and fullness of the face and body in general, indicating firstly, an even balanced mind, combining all conditions of power, activity arid susceptibility, well governed feelings, with great force of both character and intellect, per- fect consistency and discretion, a power to restrain or call into exercise every faculty and employ it in whatsoever you find to do ; secondly, a strong constitution, a tough and wiry brain, power to endure hardships, live on strong and plain food, do with little sleep which is sound and refreshing and creating more than sufficient steam to be ever ready for action, take 13 hold of projects with both hands, and drive forward in spite of obstacles, and accomplish those deeds and actions in which those presiding over you really felt. Such is the character, constitution and principle of our no- ble hero: he has, in the past days, proved himself worthy, earning step by step the confidence of the people, achieving success here and victory there with little sacrifice; ever adding states and cities to our Union, till he was acknowledged the most successful general, and has finally become chief command- er of the Union army. How unlike was it with McClellan, who, by recommendations, love for high station, or even money or gain, raised himself at the sacrifice of the honor of our country and the noble blood of our heroic soldiers through folly and incapability, sacrificing a noble army, gaining nothing but dishonor and the reproach of a nation. Through the re- commendation of others, he was raised to the command of the army. His campaigns were marked by defeats and desperate blows received from the enemy, without almost any resistance ; shameful retreats and disasters have answered the question on the reliability of recommendation. Then permit me to say, rely upon no recommendation which speaks louder "than words. Has not the unconditional Grant recommended himself by his deeds of heroism ? Through his superior talents he has become the acknowledged leader. He is the lion of the west at whose frown the enemy trembles, at his tremendous roar their nation quakes, their cities fall ; their hills and valleys echo and re-echo, pronouncing their ruin ; He is moving upon his prey, and before we see the latter end of the present month, the lion shall roar louder and more tremendous than ever, and wlien he roars their cities shall fall, their nation shall tremble and their power be destroyed. 14 On that great day of Union triumph, the world will acknowl- edge the truthfulness of our statement, which we have made on the character and qualification of our two heroes, A. Lin- coln and U. S. Grant ; their triumphant end w T ill prove them all and more than what we .have represented them ; the world at large will acknowledge them as the true and firm pillars of the Union, who have stood firm through all the torrents and storms which such a fearful rebellion could produce. Appealing to one and all, stand by them and support them in the hour of peril and danger. A bright morning is dawning O, listen to my call, Support the true pillars, The rebellion must fall. A blessing shall shower On all who stood close To the stars and stripes. Our call re-echoos, Support the pillars Of your Union pride ; Stand by them forever, Your vote will decide, Your vote will decide. My words will prove true, And Lincoln and Grant Their government renew. The government is renewed* The lion feels strong, The enemy trembles When listening to our song. The song of the Union Again we will hear, 15 The roar of the lion The rebels do fear : The rebels must tremble, Their stronghold must fall. There hopes thus must be blasted, Till the end of their fall. May God in his mercy Look down on our race, And bless our nation And bless our ways, And bless our Union, And bless our land, Bless all our efforts, Bless Lincoln and Grant.