so antiquated as to damp his researches.'

His penetration into the feelings and motives of others arose from Individuality and Secretiveness, joined to the strength of his own faculties in general. The first gave readiness in noticing and remembering facts; the second enabled him to dive beneath external appearances; and the third furnished the consciousness, and hence the full comprehension, of every faculty which actuates mankind.

"He was fond of travelling, and of visiting scenes renowned in history and song. I have no dearer aim,' he tells Mrs. Dunlop, than to have it in my power, unplagued with the routine of business, for which Heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia; to sit on the fields of her battles; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honored abodes of her heroes.' This wish he afterwards in some measure accomplished. Its principal source was his powerful Locality. By means of the same faculty, he made a good progress' at school in mensuration, surveying, and dialling.

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Respecting Comparison and Causality I have nothing to remark, except that they are indispensable ingredients in a character so sagacious as that of Burns.

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"Burns had a good deal of logical power, and could trace acutely cause and effect; but it is hardly necessary to observe, that of his reflective faculties he had little opportunity of making any notable display."

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

CHARACTER AND TALENTS OF RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERI

DAN, A DRAMATIST AND ORATOR.

FIGURE XV.-HEAD OF RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN.

FIGURE XV. contains three outline miniature views of the plaster cast of the head of an individual well known to the world. It was taken after death. He had a large

and fully developed head, with strong propensities and strong sentiments, and in his life manifested great variety of character and talent. His reputation was that of the greatest dramatist of his time, as well as of a distinguished member of the House of Commons.

Remarks.— 1. The foregoing presents a large head strongly developed in all the three great regions.

2. It is a long head before the ear, and a broad rounded head back of the ear, a form which gives a long slender fibre to the intellectual organs favorable to activity, and short but thick fibres to the propensities, and as a whole possessed of great power. Below the organs are classed, according to size, a much more concise method of distinguishing peculiarities of character.

Class 1.. Combativeness, self-esteem, love of approbation, individuality, very large.

Class 2.-Philoprogenitiveness, inhabitiveness, adhesiveness, destructiveness, secretiveness, veneration, hope, eventuality, size, language, large.

Class 3.-Cautiousness, benevolence, firmness, imitation, locality, rather large.

Class 4. Amativeness, ideality, weight, color, tune, comparison, wonder, full or average.

Class 5.- Acquisitiveness, conscientiousness, causality, and wit, rather full.

Class 6. Constructiveness, form, order, time, number, small.

Were such an individual presented to me as a stranger, I would draw several inferences.

1. The highest class of organs are those which give a love of public life, and a courage to overcome opposition. He must be a public man. I am confirmed in this

the more from the small size of acquisitiveness, constructiveness, form, order, and number; these would weigh almost as nothing compared with his love of public life. He would never get an estate by the regular business methods.

2. As all the domestic feelings are large, his character in this respect would be strongly marked, would be much attached to wife, children, friends, and home, though his public feelings might keep him away from

these sometimes. All this is true of him. He was most devoted to his wives, especially the first. It was a secret marriage. A lady says of him at the death bed scene of his first wife," that he behaved wonderfully, though his heart was breaking, and at times his feelings were so violent, that it was feared he would have been quite ungovernable at last; yet he summoned up courage to kneel by the bed side till he felt the last pulse of expiring excellence, and then withdrew." His biographer says, "it is impossible for a man to be more devotedly attached to his children than he was; their society amused and consoled him; but when left alone his anguish returned in all its force."

3. Looking at the rank of the side and selfish organs, I find them larger than those of benevolence, reverence, and conscientiousness. The large organs of destructiveness, secretiveness, and combativeness, would act principally with, and subordinate to, self-esteem and love of approbation. But secretiveness and approbativeness, assisted by his reverence, would turn his influence to the use of soft and conciliatory means, grasping rather at the weakness of others, than alarming their terrors. This characterized him.

4. I would infer from the above, that he would be very courtly and agreeable in his manners, and would be respectful to high rank and wealth. This was strikingly the fact.

5. From his large individuality and eventuality acting in connexion with the large secretiveness, love of approbation, and moderate conscientiousness and reflective powers, I should suppose he would have great powers of observation, admirable tact, and a very accommodating, conventional kind of conscience.

6. His reflective powers being only sufficient for a harmonious and equalized action with his powers of observation, and his memory of things and events, and power of language being strong, as a speaker he would find it for his interest to compose carefully in secret, and commit to memory. This was the case with him. All his great speeches in parliament were most carefully elaborated and committed beforehand. But his large

secretiveness induced him to throw them out entirely extempore.

as if

7. His depth was more a depth of feeling than of thought, hence he would have a great present popularity, but would leave nothing for posterity to remember. [His influence died some years before him, and now he is never quoted as a statesman. He was indeed more of a student than he ever wished to be considered. "His acquisitions," says his biographer, "whether in love, learning, wit, or wealth, are mysterious and miraculous." Yet he gave no evidence of long reaches of thought and great comprehension of mind.]

Having looked at his strong points, let us see how his weak organs would be likely to injure him. His small