An original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart . and may be con-sidered deranged. 2. Weakness in the imitative arts w-ill mark all your intellectualefforts; you cannot counterfeit, being possessed of imitative powers in avery slender degree, especially relating to mental rather than bodilyimitation. 3. You may be able to personify or turn into ridicule another, but it isbeyond your powers to copy and reproduce the good and noble ideas ofthe great of this or any other age. 4. Incapable of becoming a fine artist, you would make poor repre-sentations, your inclination would ha
An original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart . and may be con-sidered deranged. 2. Weakness in the imitative arts w-ill mark all your intellectualefforts; you cannot counterfeit, being possessed of imitative powers in avery slender degree, especially relating to mental rather than bodilyimitation. 3. You may be able to personify or turn into ridicule another, but it isbeyond your powers to copy and reproduce the good and noble ideas ofthe great of this or any other age. 4. Incapable of becoming a fine artist, you would make poor repre-sentations, your inclination would hardly induce you to make speeches orwrite books. 178 MENTIMITATIVEXESS. 5. Parody or paraphrase are beyond your abilities; bence you copy noparticular style of speaking or writing when you bring forth your originalideas. 6. Your ideas are unequalled, springing from your intellectual when you do give forth your thoughts they have the true ring ofyour original mind; and you dislike the spurious and counterfeit mentalcoin of those minds of the baser Mentimitativeness Canuiug. Mentimitativeness Squires, the gips5% 7. Your delight is to diverge and stray from the beaten paths ofscience made and trodden by others; hence diversity will characterize yourlife. 8. In following a pattern or model you show fair ability, and try toreproduce great and good mental labours, and hence in quotations youare apt. 9. It is irksome to you to diverge from your early teaching, yourcapacity being rather to receive what you are taught than to venture tooriginate new ideas. This is the general characteristic of the Celtic mind. 10. However poor or excellent they might prove, you could make aspeech or vrrite a book; and with practice you could become a good pen-man or a fair artist. 11. The T^dse sayings of others you readily catch and make them yourown, and try to make duplicates of inventions. Hence you are naturallyexpert in copying opinions or in transcr
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