The first and strongest manifestation of this character is efficiency. Not one man in a thousand is capable of accomplishing so much. The strong points are very strong; the weak points are weak; so that he is an eccentric and peculiar character. The pole-star of his character is moral courage.
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At a small social party in New-York, a discussion arose on that subject; and, as usual, some were disposed to believe and others to ridicule.
At last the disputants proposed to test the question by careful experiment.
Friend Hopper was one of the party, and they asked him to have his head examined by the well-known O. S. Fowler.
Having a good-natured willingness to gratify their curiosity, he consented.
It was agreed that he should not speak during the operation, lest the tones of his voice might serve as an index of his character.
It was further stipulated that no person in the room should give any indication by which the phrenologist might be enabled to judge whether he was supposed to be speaking correctly or not. The next day, Mr. Fowler was introduced blindfolded into a room, where Isaac T. Hopper was seated with the party of the preceding evening.
Having passed his hands over the strongly developed head, he made the following statement, which was taken down by a rapid writer, as the words fell from his lips.
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