. Marriage, its history and ceremonies : with a phrenological and physiological exposition of the functions and qualifications for happy marriages. being very large and perverted,while Philoprogenitiveness and Adhesiveness were compa-ratively small,) she indulged in without restraint, and inthe pursuit of it, all the decorum and modesty of her sexopenly gave way to the license of sovereign power. Had °her Adhesiveness and Philoprogenitiveness beenmore prominent, her love of power and sexual love less,she would probably have pursued the same course that Vic-toria did, by selecting some one to l
. Marriage, its history and ceremonies : with a phrenological and physiological exposition of the functions and qualifications for happy marriages. being very large and perverted,while Philoprogenitiveness and Adhesiveness were compa-ratively small,) she indulged in without restraint, and inthe pursuit of it, all the decorum and modesty of her sexopenly gave way to the license of sovereign power. Had °her Adhesiveness and Philoprogenitiveness beenmore prominent, her love of power and sexual love less,she would probably have pursued the same course that Vic-toria did, by selecting some one to love and to be her law-ful husband, instead of allowing Amativeness to be gratified promiscuously. Adhesiveness and Self-Esteem give social ambition, adesire to extend acquaintances, and to be popularly knownin society; when joined with the other social feelings itcapacitates one to enjoy domestic life the family circlehis own fireside, and a select number of choice congenialfriends We have a beautiful illustration of Adhesivenesscombined with both of the above classifications in the headand character of Henry * ]06 MARRIAGE HENRY CLAY. No. 18. His Philoprogenitiveness and Adhesiveness are particularly large and active ; from the crown of his head back tothe occipital bone, he is very prominent, and both the am-bitious and social friendly qualities, (which such a Phreno-logy ought to give), are strongly manifested in his counte-nance ; his popularity in a great degree depends on thiscombination ; for by it he has been able to make so manyfriends. Martin Van Buren is another with the same com-bination, and meets with the same success in making friends;he appears pleased to see any one who visits him, and isalways ready to enter into social conversation with them;thus as men they gather many satellites around their pathwithout reference to political tactics. This organ, as well as Philoprogenitiveness, is muchstronger in the female than in the male. The friendshipand attach
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