The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-28
SKETCH MO. H.

inls gentleman, more than any one
the writer has ever examined with one
exception, presents a combination of
difficulties and contradictions. The
temperament means one thing. the
organic development means something
else, and the features contradict both
If general conception of this gentle
mans character is formed by standing
squarely in front of him, ALL or nearly
all CT these impressions are shattered
by changing the position and viewing
him in profile.
The writer once had the pleasure of
examining Mr. Beck in public, and
on serving On that occasion the peculiar
conditions his mental and physical
endoWfnentS presented, found it neces-
sarv to exercise unusual discretion.
Without the slightest acquaintance as
in this instance, with no time for
thought and critical audience watch
ing every move and weighing every
word, the examiner can scarcely do
justice to himself or to his subject in
a case of this kind, and though Mr..
Beck, az the close of the examination
was kind enough to volunteer the in
formation that what had been said
was correct as far as he knew, yet the
writer well remembers how cautiously
upon which he was positive, rather
than venture on what appeared uncer-
tain grounds.
Some men, in fact the vast majority
of people lend themselves unconsciously
to the analytical powers of the phren-
ologiSt; they can be read-not only cor
rectly but easily, like a book printed in
large type, while occasionally we find
those who, like the chameleon, as
sumo different hues al different times
and their characters must be spelled
out word for word like a book printed
partially in English. partially in Ger
man. a little French and once in a
while a dash of Chinese.
Mr.. Beck viii be considered by many
people as eccentric. and with such
variety of forces all linked together
and each in turn asserting its suprem-
acy he could not well be otherwise.
Eccentricity, however, frequently ac-
companies genius, and our business
now is TO ascertain the nature of any
special talent our subject presents,
and TO note in what direction we
naturally turn to the brain, but in
doing SO it is Indispensable that we re-
member the quality of organization.
the temperament, health, education and
many other conditions that exert an
important influence on the mind. The
brain is the medium of thought. the
source OF all SlcLlOn. II Is lIe Ge--tAS
where every motion begins, and where
every sensation ends. To read the
lines in the hand (Which the writer
never does) or to rely on the phVslog-
nomical signs are utterly useless IN
cases like the present. They may be
serviceable as aids, but it is the brain
that thinks. that acts. that feels and
that lives. and it is the brain only
upon which we can safely rely on our
estimate of what a man is.
Now Mr.. Beck. true to the German
type OF head lin this one particularly is
relatively very wide between and just
above the ears. By actual caliper
measurement it is only three-fourths
of an inch short of being as broad as
it is long. AS we ascend a little higher
up, the head loses its German cast,
giving rise to the inference that one
of the near ancestors of Mr. Beck (if |
not one of his parents) were descend
ants Of another race. There can be
little doubt the gentleman resembles
his mother in features and in build,