256 FORTUNA FLORA. 



The eyes are black or dark brown, countenance usu- 

 ally shows strongly marked and decided features. En- 

 ergy and ambition are predominating characteristics of 

 this temperament. 



4. NERVOUS. This temperament is known by fine, 

 thin hair ; thin skin ; small thin muscles ; quickness in 

 muscular movement ; gray or dark blue eyes ; pale 

 or fair skin ; and often delicate health. The whole ner- 

 vous system, including the brain, is predominantly ac- 

 tive. Intellectual excellence is the favorite aim of the 

 young who inherit this active temperament. 



Such are the true conditions of each temperament. 

 Few persons, however, are really of an unmixed cast. 

 The Lymphatic usually has a dash of one (often two) 

 of the other temperaments. And so of the others ; each 

 combines, more or less, with its neighbor. Hence 

 those who are of a mixed type must refer to the day 

 of the week on which they were born for their temper- 

 ament flower. A person in whom the Lymphatic type 

 prevails, has a dash of the sanguine and was born in 

 the month of January, on Friday, the sixth day of the 

 week ; then the sixth flower of the month the olive 

 will be his or her temperament flower. If the San- 

 guine type governed the same person, the sixth flower 

 of the second (or Sanguine) week the hyacinth 

 would govern ; and so on. 



The " sentiments " selected for the " temperaments " 

 are intended to serve as warnings or encouragements, 

 according to the tenor of life pursued. These apoph- 

 thegms may also be taken as mottoes to designate tho 

 characteristics of persons of each temperament. 



