elf-Esteem and Firmness, is inflexible and austere; and with large
Combativeness and small Agreeableness, lacks civility and complaisance to
others; disdains to flatter, and cannot be stuffed and should cultivate a
pleasing, winning mode of address: p. 112.
SMALL.--Cares little for the opinions of others, even of friends; is
comparatively insensible to praise; disregards style and fashion; despises
etiquette and formal usages; never asks what will persons think, and puts
on no outside appearances for their own sake; with large Self-Esteem,
Firmness, and Combativeness, is destitute of politeness, devoid of
ceremony, and not at all flexible or pleasing in manners; with large
Combativeness and Conscientiousness, goes for the right regardless of
popularity, and is always making enemies; says and does things in so
graceless a manner as often to displease; with large Acquisitiveness and
Self-Esteem, though wealthy, makes no boast of it, and is as commonplace
in conduct as if poor, etc.: p. 112.
VERY SMALL.--Cares almost nothing for reputation, praise, or censure as
such.
13. SELF-ESTEEM.
[Illustration: No. 67. LARGE.]
[Illustration: No. 68. SMALL.]
SELF-appreciation and valuation; self-RESPECT and RELIANCE; MAGNANIMITY;
NOBLENESS; INDEPENDENCE; DIGNITY; SELF-SATISFACTION and complacency; love
of liberty and power; an ASPIRING, SELF-ELEVATING, RULING instinct; PRIDE
of character; MANLINESS; LOFTY-MINDEDNESS, and desire for elevation.
Adapted to the superiority, greatness, and exalted dignity of human
nature. Perversion--haughtiness; forwardness, overbearing; tyranny;
egotism, and superciliousness.
LARGE.--Puts a high estimate upon itself, its sayings, doings, and
capabilities; falls back upon its own unaided resources; will not take
advice, but insists upon being its own master; is high-minded; will never
stoop or demean itself; aims high; is not satisfied with moderate success,
or a petty business, and comports and expresses itself with dignity, and
perhaps with majesty, and is perfectly self-satisfied; with large
Philoprogenitiveness, prides itself in its children, yet with
Combativeness large, requires implicit obedience, and is liable to be
stern; with large Adhesiveness, seeks society, yet must be its leader;
with large Acquisitiveness added, seeks partnership, but must be the head
of the firm; with large Firmness and Combativeness, cannot be driven, but
insists upon doing its own will and pleasure, and i
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