An original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart (1873) (14779076055)

Identifier: originalillustra00simm (find matches)
Title: An original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress) DLC Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Physiognomy
Publisher: Glasgow : Dunn & Wright, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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l and intellectual character and tastes; spendyour time in study and writing; never associate with questionablecharacters of the opposite sex, but should unforeseen circumstances throwyou into the society of such persons make an excuse to be rid of them atthe earliest moment; avoid the reading of novels and other books thattend to excite the passions and appeal to the propensities rather than theintellect. Bathe every morning in cold water; live on fruit and vege-tables; and finally avoid and shun every temptation to animal gratifica-tion. Treat every person of the opposite sex with that delicacyand respect that Alexander the Great manifested towards Statira thequeen of Darius the Third, King of Persia, when she was a prisoner of warin the camp of the Macedonian King, 102 MNEMOis^ICNOMINALITY. MNEMONICNOMINALITY. THE MNEMONIC POWER OF RECOLLECTIKG NAMES. Memory of names mawfests Itself by a forehead full in the centime,, fromthe nose to the hah% and a 2^ci^r of lips full and flexible.
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Muemonicnominality small.A Kjast Banian woman of Surat, in India. Mnemonicnominality large.John Eeinhold Foster, the eminentnaturalist, botanist, linguist, andtraveller who accompanied Capt.Cook round the world. 1. Your memory of names is very faulty. Almost the moment youhear them, they are forgotten, whether personal or geographical; evencommon names can hardly be retained by you. 2. It may often be matter of surprise, even to yourself, that you havenot forgotten your own name. 3. From a great vacuity of mind, you are almost always at a losswhen you attempt to mention names, and it requires a few moments ofmeditative and associative thought to relieve your painful and awkwardembarrassment in your desire to recall the name; then, still worse, whenthe name wont come, you have likely forgot the connection in whichyou were about to use it. At last, in sheer despair and annoyance, yousay well, well, Ill remember it by-and-by. Then in the midst of sometotally di£Perent subject, you sudde