ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE INQUIRY. 



of the division of men and women into intelligent and 

 dull, good and bad, wise and foolish, brave and 

 cowardly, refined or coarse. We must never forget, 

 moreover, that the force and impress of character 

 depend mainly on the amount of brain and brain power. 

 Nevertheless, in all probability, the whole range 

 of character is gravely modified by the presence of 

 unimpassioned or impassioned proclivities. 



The active, ready, and less emotional or unim- 

 passioned men and women form probably a large third 

 of the community; the intermediate class is also a 

 large third; a small third only consists of the more 

 impassioned individuals. 



Other pages will deal more fully with the character 

 of the less impassioned and more active men and 

 women on the one hand, and the more impassioned 

 and reflective on the other. The bodily or anatomical 

 characteristics of each temperament will be described 

 in greater detail but in quite untechnical terms. Illus- 

 trations of the leading temperaments will be drawn at 

 some length from history, literature, and public life. 

 In conclusion some comments will be made on the 

 bearings of bodily organisation and bodily bias on 

 education, on change in character, on morals, and on 

 marriage. 



