BF 879 .W65 Copy 1 BF 879 .W65 Copy 1 WICKES' ILLUSTRATED PHRENO-CHART COMPASS OF LIFE. PHKENOLOGY AND PHYSIOGNOMY. " THE HUMAN FACE DIVINE." SIGNS OF CHARACTER, and&iow to read, them on Scientific Principles. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. PHEENO-PHYSIOLOGY. HOW TO CULTIVATE, DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE BODY AND MIND. PSYCHOLOGY, tl THE SCIENCE OF THE SOUL," INCLUDING MAN'S SPIRITUAL NATURE. UNFOLDED AND EXPLAINED IN THE MOST PERIDOT HAR- MONY WITH THE HIGHEST CHRISTIANITY. <^£- ////> SCIENCE of MAN. New System of Phreno-Physiognomi oxhsxea PHRENO-CHAET AND COMPASS OF LIFE. A Condensed Synopsis of the Science of Mind, % SUfo System of ^jjrao-^^piognomj, ORIGINAL, SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHRENO- ORGANS. WITH MANY NEWLY DISCOVERED FACULTIES, The poles of all the organs of the Brain and body center in the Face, and form the features, by which the Character, Talents and Capabilities can be told instantly. .11 BY EDWARD Z. WICKES. US. A, Self-knowledge is the key to success. MaVethy calling, or sphere of action, sure. The Science of Mind is central truth. Let nothing prevent the growth of spirit. Know and be true to Thyself. Covet and culture the best gifts. Cultivated talent is inexhaustible wealth. <**t PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, [Copyright secured] n ti FRANKLIN. 6PURZHE1M. Outline of the Phreno- Character, Talents, Capabilities, and Business Qualifications of As inferred by E. Z. WICKES, Practical Phrenologist and Physiognomist, according to his new system of Phreno-Physiognomy. Together with his Phreno-Medical advice how to cultivate and change the quality of Soul, and improve the body and mind ; how to restrain, blend and modify the temperaments and combination of faculties. Also the defect > ; and constitutional tendencies, and how to correct them according to the laws ! of Phreno-Hygiene. How to attain health and beauty, — be most successful \ harmonious, useful and happy, and make the most of life. What organization, ' temperament and gifts are most essential and compatible in the conjugal \ companion. How to win and keep the affections of the same. Answers to ; queries, etc. Dictated by Dr. Wickes, this day of Written by.. "This is the covenant that I will make with them. After those days saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them." Phrenology shall teach thee self to quell, The Oracles of God are truth and life, Thy faults to check, thy virtues to impel : Cultivated talent is infinite wealth. Iflearned aright shall lead Ihy thought ahove, Self-Knowledge is the key to success. In reverence to the God of Truth and love. The science oT Mind is central truth, E. z. w. Obedience to Law eternal life. EXAMINATIONS AND PliRfeNO-CHARTS. tOUNG Man— and woman too— wishes to know with certainty in what Calling or Pursuit in life lie can accomplish most, do the most good, Serve his friends the be.-t, obtain a competency ; provide liberally for the wants oi himself, family, an 1 others who may be dependent on him. He de- Sirea to place himself in that position for which he is by nature and acquire- ment best fitted, and in which he may without doubt or experiment, Securb SUCCESS IN LIFE. Few men in the ordinary pursuits of life come up fully to their real capabili- ties. It is true that some, by mere accident or good fortune, without any very definite knowledge of their own mental powers, stumble upon a situation to which they happen to be well adapted, and in which without a struggle or seeming effort, they rise to eminence. They are said to be " lucky,"' while thousands of other men, more highly educated, and with force and energy of character, pursue respectable though Borne and *' up-hill 91 employment chosen without regard to their adapta- tion to it, which brings them " neither honor nor profit." These get a living, while many more drag on an unhappy existence, complaining of their hard lot, and end their days in 6ore disappointment, pronouncing life a failure. We have a remedy for this. It is scientific and therefore reliable. By the aid of Phrenology the true character with all its capabilities can be indi- cated ; the most suitable calling, profession or occupation to which each per- son is adapted, and in which he may best succeed, can be plainly pointed out, and you", reader, may thus learn HOW TO RISE IN THE WORLD, and thus make^the most of your talents. It is through the aid of Phrenology Physiognomy and Physiology. Parents wish to insure for their children all the blessings which judicious training and right direction can secure, and there is no other means whereby these ends may be so surely attained as by the aid of this science. By hiving their characters fully described and carefully written out, you will have before you a " chart" which will s^rve to keep them in the right direc- tion, to avoid the quicksands and the rocks on which too many unfortunate human barks founder and are lost. But the question is repeated, WHAT CAN I DO BEST? Can I succeed as an Attorney, Artist, or Author ? as a Banker, Bookseller or Blacksmith? a Carpenter, Cashier, Clerk, or Chemist? a Dentist, Design- er or Diplomatist ? an Editor, Engineer, or Explorer ? a Farmer, Fisherman or Florist? a Grocer, Geographer, or General? Can I Invent, Lecture, or Legislate ? Can I succeed as a Manufacturer, Merchant or Machinist ? In Navigation, Oratory or Paiiiting ? As a Preacher, Physician or Printer ? As a Poet, President, or Policeman ' A Sailor, Soldier, or Sculptor ? A Teach- er Tragedian, or Tailor ? A Writer, a Warrior, a Watchmaker or a Watch- man? Pray wh,o can tell, with scientific certainty, What I can do best ? Call on Professor Wickes, and obtain his PhrEno-Chart and Compass or Life, hive your heal examined, your character written out in full, with a chart of your developments, and you miy then know for a certainty what yon are, as compared with others ; what you can do best, and how you may 11 rise in the world," and turn all your talents to the very best pos-ihle u<>.\ The cost for the service will be comparatively small, while the benefit de rived would be of great value tj any individual. SYMBOLICAL HEAD. Domestic Group. 1. Amativeness. A. Conjugality. 2. Parental Love. 8. Friendship. 4. Inhabitiveness. 5. Continuity. Selfish Propensities. E. Vitativeness. 6. Combativeness. 7. DeSTRUCTIVENESS. 8. Alimentiveness. 9. Acquisitiveness. ( 10. Secretiveness. 11. cautiousness. 18. Veneration. 19. Benevolence. Perfective Faculties. 20. constructivenhss. 21. Ideality. B. Sublimity. 22. Imitation. D. Agreeable ness. 23. Miethfulness. \ . Perceptive Faculties. 24. Individuality. 25. Form. 26. Size. 27. "Weight. 28. Color. 29. Ordee. 80. Calculation. 81. Locality. Aspiring aud Governing Organ 8. 12. APPROBATIVENESS. 18. S elf-Esteem. 14. Firmness. Moral Sentiments. < 15. Conscientiousness. \ 16. Hope. 17. Spirituality. Literary Faculties. 82. Eventuality. 83. Time. ^ 84. Tune. 35. Language. Reasoning Faculties. 86. Causality. 37. Comparison. C Humak Nature. LOCATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE FACULTIES. V 11 E F A C E. GALL. SPURZHEIM. COMBE. THE TRIUXE PHREXO-PHILOSOPHERS. A NEW SYSTEM OF PHRENO-PHYSIOGtfOMY, AND MANY NEWLY-DISCOVERED PHEENO-ORGANS. Having devoted more than twelve years to investigation, travel, observa- tion and inquiry, as a student of the Science of Mind, this system is the result. I ask that it be examined thoroughly. Let not friendship favor it, nor charity spare its faults ; but let the keen edge of truthful criticism lay bare its defects with remorseless justice ; error deserves no friends, and truth can safely bid defiance to all its enemies. I have no selfish wish to propagate doctrines, merely because they are my own. No one can be more eager to worship in the temple of truth, no one more desirous to sacrifice his own egotism at her shri::e. All human performances are necessarily imperfect ; but I doubt whether in the whole round of the sciences anything more beautifully systematic can be found, than is exhibited in the arrangement of the Phreno-organs as thus set forth. The study of human nature, has, in all ages, been deemed of the very first importance, and called into vigorous action the master minds of every civilized nation. But the numerous systems that have been successively produced and abandoned, afford sufficient evidence that the great fundamental principles of human nature have never been discovered. Some philosophers had shut them- selves in their closets, and endeavored, by reflecting upon the operations of their own minds, to frame a system of mental philosophy which would appy to all mankind. But the result was that they only acquired an imperfect h"s- tory of a few ot their own mental powers, while they remained in total igno- rance of the causes which produce the great diversity of human character. Others have -endeavored to acquire a knowledge of man by traveling, and mingling with all classes and conditions of the human race. Those were more succes-ful ; but however much knowledge might, by the experience of a whole life, be acquired in this manner, it necessarily died with the individual, as it was of such a nature that it could not be communicated. Anatomical investigation is a method of studying human nature; but al- though this leads to more correct conceptions in regard to the functions of the body, it sheds no light upon the operations of the mind The study of Physiog- nomy, is another method ; it has been pursued since the days of Ar'stot'e, Tiieo- phrastus and Zopyrus, among the ancients, to the attempts of Camper and L iva ter of our own day ; but the real success which has attended the labors of phy- 6 PREFACE. siognomists, is really owing to their approximation to the great truths of Phrenology though they were utterly ignorant of this science. By examining the work of Camper and Lavater, it will be -found that the few useful truths which they contain are based upon the principles explained in this work. The foundation of Phrenological science was laid by the discoveries of F. S. Gall, a native of Germany, who was born March 9th, 1757. His attention was first directed to the subject while a school buy, from noticing the singular circumstance that those boys who committed the- words of their lessons to memory with the greatest ease, had prominent eyes. He next observed that those who excelled in the memory of places, had a peculiar prominence upon the forehead. After leaving the University, he commenced the practice of med- icine. He was now a man of science — his very profession led him to study hu- man nature in connection with the human constitution — and he began to reflect — "|If the prominence of one part of the head indicates one talent, and the prominence of another part indicates another, may not all the talents and dis- positions of men be indicated by the development of different parts of the head ?" The suggestion seemed plausible. He accordingly, having vainly ex- amined all the authors on mental philosophy, began the observation of heads of peculiar characters. He was successful, even beyond his most ardent hopes ; for he soon discovered external indications of talents for painting, poetry, and the mechanic arts, besides several of the moral and animal propensities. Gall's first publication on the subject was in 1798. He very naturally failed to give system to the facts which he had discovered ; and the names which he gave to the organs were unph losophical. In 1801, fortunately for the science, John Gasper Spurzheim, also a German, became a pupil of Gall, and in 1804 was ad- mitted as his partner. In 1802, the lectures of Dr. Gall at Vienna, which had continued for five years, were prohibited by order of the government, obtained through, the influ- ence of the clergy. In 1805, Gall and Spurzheim left Vienna, and traveled to some of the other cities of Europe, lecturing upon and diss eminating their doc- trines. In 1807, Gall arrived at Paris, and remained there until his death, which took place in 1828. Spurzheim dissolved his partnership with Gall in 1813, and in 1814 visited Great Britain, lecturing in the principal cities. In 1817, he returned to Paris. In 1824, the lectures, of Gall and Spurz- heim at Paris were prohibited by an order of the government. Spurzheim again visited Great Britain in 1825, where he afterwards spent most of his time until June 20, 1832, when he sailed from Havre, and arrived at New York, August 4. He remained in New York until the 11th, when he proceeded to New Haven. On the 16th he left for Hartford, and from that city he went to Bos- ton, where he arrived on the 20th. He gave a course of lectures in Boston, and anolher at Cambridge. This was the last labor of Spurzheim in the cause of science. A slow, continued fever, not at fir. t considered dangerous, finally proved fatal, and he died at Boston, Nov. 10, 1832. No man was ever more sincerely lamented. The most distinguished tokens of love and regard were extended to him while living, and the highest testimo- nials of grateful reverence followed him to the grave. His beautiful monument at Mount Auburn, is but an emblem of the pure affection with which his mem- ory is cherished. The marble may parish, and the place of burial be forgotten, V n E P A C E. 7 but the names of Gall and Spurzheim are immortal. They must always be as- ited with principles that will be known and appreciated while science has a temple or a devotee on the earth. Dr. Gall laid the foundation of Phrenological science by discovering that where the skull protruded in a peculiar manner, the character and talents of the individual were indicated hy the protr ision. Upon a careful examination, he ascertained that the protrusions of the skull were generally caused by developments of portions of the brain immediately beneath ; these portions he called Organs. His examinations of the brain led him to the important fact, that its principal internal parts are constituted of fibers extending from the circumference of the brain to the central medulla oblongata, and that these fibers were crossed by others which proceeded in an opposite direction. Dr. Gall took a profound view of the subject, and conceived that, in consequence of his discoveries a great revolution must take place in the science of the mind. He proceeded to learn the truth by observations made upon animals and men — upon the living and the dead — upon sculptured busts and painted portraits ; and after a whole life spent in laborious researches, with the assistance of his distinguished pupil, Dr. Spurzheim, he succeeded in pla- cing the science upon a solid and enduring basis. It had imperfections — it was mingled with error — a part only of the truth was known, but enough was dis- closed to show that all previous systems were false, and that the right path had at length been discovered. No one was more sensible than Dr. Gall himself, that the science was imperfect, lie did not attempt to arrange and classify the organs upon any philosophical plan, for he had not obtained a sufficient number of facts. He w^as not a friend to new theories and schemes, the re- sults of mere human ingenuity, but labored wi h incredible patience and in- dustry to discover the laws which the Almighty had ordained to regulate the science of mind ; and he continually insisted that carefully observe d facts are the only sure elements of science, and the only reliable indications of the nat- ural laws which God has established in the constitution of man. Dr. Spurzheim attempted to systematize the d