. Marriage, its history and ceremonies : with a phrenological and physiological exposition of the functions and qualifications for happy marriages. etected, convicted, and condemned to death forthese numerous murders, all of which she accomplished by 21-2 MARRIAGE. means of poison. Among these, were, both her parents, herthree children, her brother, two husbands, and two suitors—persons connected to her by the nearest, dearest, and mostsacred ties. It seemed as though she would permit no ob-ject to stand in the way of gratifying her Amativeness andDestructiveness, and that she actually took de
. Marriage, its history and ceremonies : with a phrenological and physiological exposition of the functions and qualifications for happy marriages. etected, convicted, and condemned to death forthese numerous murders, all of which she accomplished by 21-2 MARRIAGE. means of poison. Among these, were, both her parents, herthree children, her brother, two husbands, and two suitors—persons connected to her by the nearest, dearest, and mostsacred ties. It seemed as though she would permit no ob-ject to stand in the way of gratifying her Amativeness andDestructiveness, and that she actually took delight in thedestruction of human life. Supposing Gosse had married Mrs. Gottfried by way ofcounterbalancing his own deficiencies, what a predicamenthe soon would have been in ; or, supposing that JudasJunior, had selected her as a help-meet, because her organ-ization was similar to his, what would have been the result,taking both their histories and developements into account 1Such a woman ought not to be married at all; and yet, shehad three husbands and three children, who are all victims,to her selfishness and brutality. MCDONALD CLARKE. O No. 34. This man has an extreme mental and physical organi-zation, which produced extreme traits of character. He IMPORTANT FACTS. 213 was extravagant in every thing he said or did—never usedtame language to express his ideas—possessed very strongimagination and originality of thought, with small observa-tion, and such limited practical, common sense, that he wasunable to take care of a family, scarcely to provide for hisown individual wants. He lived most of the time in hisown reveries, building imaginary castles of his own creation,—subjects too light and airy for mortals to live on. Hisonly means for securing a livelihood was by writing poetry,acrostics, &c.; so that he was frequently very destitute ofthe common necessaries of life, having no business capacitywhatever. Many more illustrations might be presented, setting forthoth
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