dignities offered to friends, etc.: p.
75.
MODERATE.--Rather lacks efficiency; with only fair muscles, is a poor
worker, and fails to put forth even what little strength is possessed;
with good moral and intellectual organs, possesses talent and moral worth,
yet is easily overcome by opposition or difficulty; should seek some quiet
occupation, where business comes in of itself, because it cannot urge
itself unbidden upon the attention of others; is too good to be energetic;
with weak Acquisitiveness, allows virtual robbery without resentment; with
large Cautiousness, is tame and pusillanimous; with large Approbativeness,
cannot stand rebuke, but will endure it; with moderate Self-Esteem and
Hope, is all "I can't, it's hard," etc., and will not do well in life: p.
78.
SMALL.--Is inefficient; can accomplish little; never feels its own
strength; and with large moral and intellectual organs, is too gentle and
easily satisfied; with large Cautiousness, runs to others for protection,
and is always complaining of its bad treatment: p. 79.
VERY SMALL.--Possesses scarcely any energy, and manifests none: p. 79.
7. DESTRUCTIVENESS.
EXECUTIVENESS; SEVERITY; STERNNESS; the DESTROYING and PAIN-causing
faculty; HARSHNESS; EXTERMINATION; INDIGNATION; disposition to BREAK,
CRUSH, and TEAR DOWN; THE WALK-RIGHT-THROUGH-SPIRIT; adapted to man's
destroying whatever is prejudicial to his happiness; performing and
enduring surgical operations; undergoing pain, etc. Perversion--wrath;
revenge; malice; disposition to murder, etc.
LARGE.--Imparts that determination, energy, and force which removes or
destroys whatever impedes its progression; with Firmness large, gives that
iron will which adheres till the very last, in spite of every thing, and
carries its points any how; with large Combativeness, imparts a harsh
rough mode of expression and action, and a severity, if not fierceness, to
all its encounters; with large Acquisitiveness and Conscientiousness, will
have every cent due, though it costs two to get it, yet wants no more, and
retains grudges against those who have injured its pockets; with large
Approbativeness and Combativeness, experiences determination and hostility
toward those who trifle with reputation or impeach character; with large
Self-Esteem, upon those who conflict with its interests, or detract from
its supposed merits; with large Adhesiveness, when angry with friends, is
very angry; with large Benevolence and
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