3. 1 nhabiticeness (called by Mr. Combo Concentrativeness) has its organ immediately above the preceding. Dr. Gall did not discover its function; and Dr. Spurzheim, obsery ing it large in persons attached to their native place, or any place in which they had long dwelt, called it inhabitiven as& Mr. Corn be thonght it has a more extended sphere of action. lle observed it large. in those who can detain continously their feelings and ideas in their minds; while the feelings and ideas of others pass. away like the images in a mirror, so that they are incap able of taking systematic views of a subject, or concentrating their pow ers to bear on one point. The organ is stated as only probable, till fur ther facts are obtained.
4. Adhesiveneks.—:Tbe organ of this feeling was discovered by Gall, from being found very large in a lady remarkable for the warmth and steadiness of her friendships. It attaches men and gregarious ani mals to each other, and is the found ation of that pleasure which man kind feel in bestowing and receiving friendship, and iu associating with each other. Acting with amative ness, it gives constancy and dura tion to the attachment of the mar ried. Generally- speaking, adhesive ness is strongest and its organ larg est in woman.
5. • Gall dis covered the organ of this propensity by a vast number of observations on the heads of persons fond of lighting. Dr. Spurzheini extended its function to contention in general, whether physical or moral. Those deficient in it show that over-gentle and indolent character which yields to aggression, is easily repelled by the appearance of difficulty and trouble, and naturally seeks the shades and eddy-corners of life.
6. Destro direness. —The propen sity to destroy is abundantly, mani fested by man and carnivorous ani mals, and, when too stl•ong or ill-•eg ulated, is the source of cruelty and wanton mischief. As a defensive power it is of high utility. Anger, resentment, and inc 'gnation, spring front it. A small endowment is one of the elements a a "soft" character; while persons who have much of it are gen erally marked by an energetic,.and probably fierce and passionate character.
Alimentiveness and love of of the recent phrenological works treat in this part of the order of the faculties, of a faculty of alimentiveness, or the propensity to eat and drink, and also of another which follows—viz., love of life. The first being represented as no more than probable, and the second as only conjectural, they have no number allotted to them on the bust. The place assigned to alimentiveness is marked by
a cross on the side-view of the bust. Mr. Combo suggests that the organ of the love of life is probably a convolution at the base of the middle lobe of the brain, the size of which cannot be ascertained during life.
7. Secretiveness is the propensity to conceal, which in excess assumes the form of cun ning. It helps animals both to avoid and to prey upon each other. • In abuse, it leads to lying, hypocrisy, and fraud, and with acquisitiveness disposes to theft and swindling. The organ is subject to disease, and cunning madmen are difficult to deal with. Disease here often leads to belief in plots and conspiracies formed against the patient.
8. Acquisitiv,:ness.—The existence of a cerebral organ for the desire of property is held by phrenologists to prove that this is not, as many have thought, a derived or sec ondary tendency. It is what lord Names calls the hoarding appetite." This explains the miser's desire to accumulate money, without regard to its use in the purchase of other enjoyment. When the organ is diseased, persons in easy circumstances are sometimes prone to pilfer everything of value, and often of no value, which comes in their way.
t. Constructiveness is the impulse to fashion and construct by changing the forms of matter. Many of the infdior animals possess it, as the beaver, bee, and birds. Physical nature consists of raw materials which constructiveness prompts mid enables man to talapt to his purposes.
10. Self-esteem, is the source of that self-complacency which enhances the pleasures of life, gives the individual confidence in his own powers; and enables him to apply them to the best advantage. It is sometimes called proper pride, or self-respect, in which form it aids the moral sentiments in resisting temptations to meanness and vice. Its deficiency renders a man too humble, and the world take him at his word, and push him aside. Its excess produces arrogance, selfishness, disobedience, and tyranny. Self esteem becomes insane perhaps more frequently than any other faculty, and then shows itself in extravagant notions of self-importance. Such maniacs fancy themselves kings, emperors, and even the Supreme Being. The organ is generally larger in men than in women, and more men are insane from pride than women.