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quently asked, "If persons having like tempera- 

 ments love each other fondly, why should they 

 not marry? The answer is that while persons 

 having like temperaments may become attached 

 to each other as a result of association, they are 

 seldom, if ever, well mated. For instance, a man 

 and woman, each having a pronounced Motive 

 Temperament (indicated by large bones, slim, 

 compact muscles, tall, angular build, prominent ma ^hcs. 

 brow, retreating forehead and high crown) 

 through association fall in love, why should they 

 not marry (i) Because persons so organized 

 create constant opposition by their pronounced 

 character. There will be two rulers, two indivi- 

 dualities, each of whom is too decided to submit 

 readily to the will of the other. As "like excites 

 like," their association will tend to increase, rather 

 than to diminish, their pronounced tendencies. 

 (2) Children born from such a union usually TWO Rulers in 

 have an extreme development of what was the O 116 Household, 

 leading temperament in both parents, and are 

 sadly deficient in the others ; even though the par- 

 ents are perfectly healthy, the children generally 

 show a lack of plumpness and vitality, are fre- 

 quently awkward, homely and uncouth; and are 

 usually prone to biliousness, liver trouble and 

 rheumatism. Their mental endowment is seldom 

 better than their physical. They rarely show any children from 

 intelligence above the average, even though the !L arents of Like 



Temperaments. 



parents are both superior. I hey are apt to be 

 willful, gloomy and unsociable. Should such a 

 person select a companion having a more pi amp 

 and symmetrical build and form, with a genial, 

 sanguine, conformative nature, the chances for 



