Moderate.--With Destructiveness moderate, and Benevolence large, one
will be tender-hearted, and with small Combativeness, effeminate. With
moderate Benevolence, and large Self-esteem and Combativeness, he will
possess sufficient severity of character to enable him to succeed
in any lawful occupation. He will be naturally peaceful and opposed
to harsh measures when they can be avoided, yet will not refrain
from using severity when necessary. If Benevolence is large, and
Combativeness and Self-esteem moderate, he will lack energy and force
of mind; will easily sink under difficulties and submit quietly to
aggression and imposition.
Small.--With Destructiveness small, an individual will be effeminate,
and with moderate Combativeness, be very destitute of energy and
force of character. He will be mild, inoffensive, and peaceable. The
performance of an action that requires the infliction of much pain,
will be to him nearly impossible. With Acquisitiveness moderate or
large, he will have a desire to preserve and lay by every thing that is
not absolutely worthless. It will give him pain to see any thing that
may possibly be of service destroyed.
3. SECRETIVENESS.
This organ gives the desire and the talents for concealment. In its
abuse, it renders its possessor averse to, and almost incapable of, an
open-hearted expression. His remarks are sly, evasive and ambiguous.
His actions, he considers, are beyond the reach of human sagacity. It
is the foundation of all hypocrisy, deception and intrigue.
Predominant.--One in whom Secretiveness predominates, will be sly,
conniving and hypocritical. It will be difficult for him to relate the
simplest incident without evasion. If he has an end to bring about, he
will seek to do it by some manœuvre, even when an open course would be
more effective. The most trifling actions of his life will be brought
about by stratagem. He looks upon others as being actuated by the same
motives as himself, and is constantly suspicious and watchful. He will
possess great tact, and be readily enabled to discover the motives
of others. In conversation, he is apt to hesitate and recommence his
sentences, and to answer in an ambiguous manner.
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