Excerpt from Essays: In Prose and Verse

Tms is the head of one ca ble of warm attachment, and of having his mind ent usiastically wrought up to the consideration of any subject or the accomplishment of any purpose. He would be apt to live much more in the world of romance than m that of reality, and with respect to the other sex, he would be inclined to cherish fanciful notions of their dispositions and characters. He has a bright imagination and ossesses the spirit of poetry in a very high degree, but e would be eu ject to great alternation of feelmg. And would be susceptible of great extremes, both of 'oy and grief. His mind is of an inquiring order, an he possesses ability for philosophy, but 1n general, and for a con tinuance, a literature of a li hter and more imaginative kind would suit him best. He appears to have but little combativeness, destructiveness, acquisitiveness, or self esteem, which, with lar e cautiousness and no great degree of firmness, woul render him very likely to be much influenced by the spirit of his associates on the other hand having but little veneration, he would not be disposed to yield much submission to authority. He has a tender and compassionate heart for others, but especially for the young and innocent. He has also a strong desire to acquire the good will of others, and more particularly of those who are themselves great or amiable. He would not be of a domineering, insolent, or quarrelsome disposition he would rather err in the contrary extreme and regard the crimes and follies of others with too lenient an eye. In religion he would be more speculative than devotional. In politics, he would prefer the people to the Crown. In all the affairs of life generally, he would be more imaginative than prudent. He has but little secretiveness, and would then be inclined to express his sentiments with out disguise on all occasions, perhaps Often indiscreetly.

Constructiveness is hardly developed at all, on which account he would not have a genius for mechanism or inventions generally, but he would possess the power of magnifying, embellishing and beautifying in the highest degree. A tendency to exagglfrate and amplify would pervade whatever he undertoo He has great Form and Language, and would have an exquisite perception of the beauty of figure from the first, and a remarkable memory for words from the latter. His memory for places would be also great. In ar ument he would be quick-thoughted, but singular an prone to dissent from commonly received opinions. In action he would be rather irresolute, unless operated upon by some strong motive, on which occasions he would be rather impetuous. In conclusion, this is the head of one who is susceptible of strong impressions, great joy or great sorrow, but who would live much more in the past and future than in the present, and would be reckoned somewhat eccentric by the world. The principal in gredients of the character it indicates are taste, wit. Extravagance, vividness of fancy, generosity, and proneness to yield to the solicitations of others.

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