Smyrna times., 1875-01-13
Character Three-Fold,


A man may have a large brain, and manifest
strength of character, and yet be unbalanced
and partial in its developments and nanifes-
tations People have supposed that if a man
wears large hat he must needs be man of
talent, aDd exhibit, as well, energy and moral
sentiment. A man may have large brain
developed in the frontal portion mainly, Civ
ing him strong intellect, but he may have
very weak social and moral dispositions.
Another may wear the same size of hat but
his head being mainly developed behind the
ears, he shows propensity, sociability, i'm
pulse, and affection Another may be devsl-
Oped large IN the top-head, and not be re-
markable for intelligence, which comes from
the forehead or for force, which comes from
the side-head, or for sociability, which comes
from the back head; but he has dignity,
morality stability, and devotional feeling in
a high degree, because the tOp-head, in which
the organs OF these sentiments are located,
| is largely developed We occasionally find
head that is contracted and narrow in front,
the intellect, pinched and diminutive; it may
be also small and tattened at the back such
man will be Geld, dry, and distant. He may
! live kind of a hermit life, be selfish and sui
| len, and regard every man as his rival His
head will be fCuad to be broad, rounded, and
full at the sides, and his brain thus not only
measures amply, but weighs rather heavily.
This form of head is often seen among the
Indians. We have in our Office group of
pugilists-tiity seven in number-and this is
the characteristic formation of their heads ::
rather high at the crown, very broad above
and about the ears. But in some cases the
heads ars contracted in front, and many of
them also in the rear
The general classification of character is
three-fold. We place the pugists referred
to IN the category of force and self>hness.
The traits of character which are abused in
the pugilists are legitimately and appro-
priately employed by men who are engaged
in labor which requires courage, fOrtitude,
and force. The men who run the locomotive,
who battle with the ocean on ship-b0ard, who
follow mining operations, or the construction
OF road, docks, and bridges, can utilize these
force-eements legitimatey, and if guided By
intelligence, their ministration is laudable and
benefeent.
} The physical faculties or propensitics have
primary and necessary position in human
: character. They tend to look after the want.
OF the body, to secure its common needs, tc
wrench FROM the rude grasp of uncultuEeC
nature the few material things that the body
requires.
The men who live in the middle region OF
their brain mainly, are those who deal with
things OF sense, with the ruder forms of life
6 and labor
Those who are developed less in the realm
, OF force and selfshness, and find their strength
, chiefly in the intellectual development, con
stitute another class of humanity. Those whC
), have the anterior lobes Of the brain long. dC
the thinking, the planning, and the inventine
in all great enterprises There will be found on
or two in hundred who live by their intellect
their power is thus centered. Invention, pro
phectc out,rcach of thought, power to plal
for hundreds or thousands of workers, Civ
them their position, and open to them a wild
field Of effort and usefulness. chronological
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