260 MY LIFE 



Coming now to the estimate of the other lecturer, Mr. 

 James Ouilter Rumball, an M.R.C.S. and author of some 

 medical works, we have a more detailed and careful " Phreno- 

 logical Development," founded on the comparative sizes of 

 thirty-nine organs. It is as follows, only omitting a few words 

 at the end, which are of a purely private and personal nature. 



" (a) There is some delicacy in the nervous system, and 

 consequent sensitiveness which unfits it for any very long- 

 continued exertion; but this may be overcome by a strong 

 will. There is some tendency to indigestion ; this requires air 

 and exercise. 



"(b) The power of fixing the attention is very good 

 indeed, and there is very considerable perceptive power, so 

 that this gentleman should learn easily and remember well, 

 notwithstanding verbal memory is but moderate. Concen- 

 trativeness is the chief organ upon which all the memories 

 depend, and this is undoubtedly large. 



"(c) He has some vanity, and more ambition. He may 

 occasionally exhibit a want of self-confidence ; but general 

 opinion ascribes to him too much. In this, opinion is wrong: 

 he knows that he has not enough ; he may assume it, but it 

 will sit ill. 



" (d) If Wit were larger he would be a good Mathe- 

 matician; but without it, however clear and analytical the 

 mind may be, it wants breadth and depth, and so I do not 

 put down his mathematical talents as first-rate, although 

 Number is good, the same must be said of his classical 

 abilities — good, but not first-rate. 



"(e) He has some love for music from his Ideality, but I 

 do not find a good ear, or sufficient time; he has, however, 

 mechanical ability sufficient to produce enough of both, 

 especially for the flute, if he so choose. 



" (f) As an artist, he would excel if his vision were 

 perfect: he has every necessary faculty, even to Imitation. 



"(g) He is fond of argument, and not easily convinced; he 

 would exhibit physical courage if called upon; and although 

 he loves money — as who does not? — so far from there being 

 any evidence of greediness, he is benevolent and liberal, but 



