New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . s than judicious, andmore impetuous than persist-Fig. Mathew.* eut. Hc is transparent and open-hearted by nature, and succeeds but pooi-ly if he attemptsto deceive. lie may have the prudence which results fromthe exercise of his judgment, but is not ca,utious, cunning, orfoxy, and is a better fighter than strategist. The Irishman has far less Acquisitiveness than the English-man or the Scotchman, and hence is more prodigal and lesseconomica
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . s than judicious, andmore impetuous than persist-Fig. Mathew.* eut. Hc is transparent and open-hearted by nature, and succeeds but pooi-ly if he attemptsto deceive. lie may have the prudence which results fromthe exercise of his judgment, but is not ca,utious, cunning, orfoxy, and is a better fighter than strategist. The Irishman has far less Acquisitiveness than the English-man or the Scotchman, and hence is more prodigal and lesseconomical. He is fond of stimulants, and is very liable toallow his appetites to lead him into various excesses. Self-Esteem not being large, he permits himself to be governedtoo much by others, and when ignorant, becomes the readytool of any demagogue who knows his weak points. Adhe-siveness is less developed in him, as a race, than in mostothers, and he affilintes as readilv witli strano^ers as with his •^- This likeness was taken l)y Brady, in New York, and was copied on thomarble monument, which now stands over his grave, in Cork, 420 NATIONAL TYPES. own kin. Like the American, he acts on the go-ahead principie, and his going ahead is not always under the control ofthe sell-regulating part of the mental machinery. Perhaps one of the best specimens of the moral, religious,and philanthropic Irishman may be found in Father Mathew,the great temperance apostle (fig. 531). This good manworked chiefly through his Benevolence, which was one of thelargest organs of his brain. When asked how it was that heinduced so many of his fellow-countrymen to take the pledge—twenty thousand in a day—his reply was, The humanheart has many strings, and if one only knows how to touchthem aright, he may obtain a ready response. The goodpriest spoke- from the heart to the heart—Benevolence—andled his people for their good. His name will go down to pos-terity among the benefactors of his
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