as early as the majority of persons, but it is of the kind that is continually expanding
and improving, and will continue to augment in power to a more advanced age than that
of most persons. You are very active, both physically and mentally -- are positive in
your likes and dislikes, 'go the whole figure or nothing,' and want others to do the
same. Your first ideas and impressions are your best; and, as a general thing, you
will find them a more safe guide than your after deliberations. You have the faculty
to take in all the various conditions of a thing at once, and hence the reason for the
correctness of your first impressions. You are quick and clear in your perceptions,
have good judgment of the quality and value of property, are a great observer, and
want to see. You are more known for your practical off-hand talent than for depth
and profundity of comprehension -- have a discriminating mind, are quick to draw in-
ferences, and an quite disposed to criticise. You reason more by analogy than from ab-
stract principles, and are more practical than theoretical. You have a remarkable mem-
ory of faces and places, but poor of names and dates. You can measure well by your eye,
and are annoyed if you see any thing out of proportion, or not exactly plumb -- have an
excellent memory of shape, outline, and size of whatever you see -- are a systematic,
methodical man: like to have a place for things, and things in their places. Your ability
to reckon figures mentally is naturally good -- you have a great deal of mechanical inge-
nuity, are just the man to set others at work, to make bargains, and do up the out-door
business. You have a pretty good opinion of yourself -- would rather lead than be led
-- have great sense of honor, and would scorn to do any thing mean or disgraceful.
In making up your mind you are careful and judicious, but are firm as the hills when
once decided. You might be persuaded, but to drive you would be impossible. You
like to have your own way, and to think and act for yourself -- are quite independent
and dignified, yet candid, open, and plain; say just what you think, and most heartily
despise hypocrisy and artificiality; yet you value the good opinion of others, though
you would not stoop to gain applause. You are quite cautious and prudent, and gen-
erally look out for breakers ahead, and realize quite as much as you expect. It would
be an advantage to you if you had a little more hope, and would allow yourself to
look more on the bright side of things. As a religious man, you would be more in-
clined to deal justly and love mercy than to pay much regard to forms and ceremonies.
You have not enough devotional feeling, nor of what we term spirituality of mind,
to give harmony and balance to the moral sentiments. They should be cultivated.
You believe what can be incontestably proved, and nothing else. You like to do busi-
ness on a large scale, and can make money better than save it -- you want it for its
uses, in one form or another, rather than for its own sake. Your ability to read the
characters of others is excellent, but you have little tact in adapting yourself to them.
You are too blunt and free-spoken -- you often find that your motives are not under-
stood, and that you give offence when you do not intend to. When you criticise, you
are apt to do it in such a plain, pointed manner that it does not produce so good an
effect as it would if you should do it in a more bland and affable way. You have
strong domestic feelings, are very fond of children, home, and friends; you may be
irritable, but are not contentious. You do not like to plod over one subject for a length
of time; but, on the contrary, like variety and change. Your thoughts and feelings
are more rapid and lasting. In your character and actions you are more original than
imitative, and have more taste for the useful than the beautiful and ornamental."

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