Analyzing Character

Analyzing Character

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ANALYZING CHARACTER
The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in Business, the Home and
Social Life
BY
KATHERINE M. H. BLACKFORD, M.D. AND ARTHUR
NEWCOMB
1922

CONTENTS
PAGE INTRODUCTION 1
PART ONE--ANALYZING CHARACTER IN VOCATIONAL
GUIDANCE
CHAP.
I--CAUSES OF MISFITS 17 II--ELEMENTS OF FITNESS 39
III--CLASSES OF MISFITS 73 IV--THE PHYSICALLY FRAIL 111
V--THE FAT MAN 137 VI--THE MAN OF BONE AND MUSCLE
157 VII--SLAVES OF MACHINERY 169 VIII--THE IMPRACTICAL
MAN 191 IX--HUNGRY FOR FAME 223 X--WASTE OF TALENT
IN THE PROFESSIONS 241 XI--WOMEN'S WORK 261
XII--SPECIAL FORMS OF UNFITNESS 267
PART TWO--ANALYZING CHARACTER IN SELECTION OF
EMPLOYEES
I--THE COST OF UNSCIENTIFIC SELECTION 291 II--THE
SELECTION OF EXECUTIVES 303 III--THE REMEDY 331
IV--RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYMENT 345 V--IDEAL
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS 359
PART THREE--ANALYZING CHARACTER IN PERSUASION
I--THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION 367 II--SECURING
FAVORABLE ATTENTION 383 III--AROUSING INTEREST AND
CREATING DESIRE 391 IV--INDUCING DECISION AND
ACTION 401 V--EFFICIENT AND SATISFACTORY SERVICE 413
PART FOUR--PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CHARACTER
ANALYSIS
I--THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF CHARACTER ANALYSIS 429
II--HOW TO LEARN AND APPLY THE SCIENCE OF
CHARACTER ANALYSIS 443 III--USES OF CHARACTER
ANALYSIS 453

APPENDIX
REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL VOCATIONS 465

ILLUSTRATIONS
FIG. PAGE
1. Jacob A Riis 53 2. Dr. Booker T. Washington 54 3. James H. Collins
55 4. H.G. Wells 56 5. Henry Ford 57 6. Hugo de Vries 58 7. Dr.
Henry Van Dyke 59 8. Dr. Beverly T. Galloway 60 9. Richard
Mansfield 125 10. Hon. A.L. Cutting (front) 126 11. Hon. A.L. Cutting
(profile) 127 12. Chief Justice Melville Fuller 128 13. Frank A.
Vanderlip 129 14. Hon. Joseph P. Folk 130 15. Hon. Nelson W.
Aldrich 131 16. Well-Developed Base of Brain 132 17. Beaumont,
Aviator 149 18. Lincoln Beachey 150 19. Col. George W. Goethals 151
20. Field Marshal von Hindenberg 152 21. Rear Admiral Frank E.
Beatty 153 22. William Lloyd Garrison 154 23. Samuel Rea 155 24.
Lon Wescott Beck 156 25. "Sydney Williams" (front) 197 26. "Sydney
Williams" (profile) 198 27. Prof. Adolph von Menzel 199 28. Edgar
Allan Poe 200 29. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 201 30. Thomas De
Quincy 202 31. O. Henry at 30 203 32. Edwin Reynolds 204 33. John
Masefield 229 34. Edward De Reszke 230 35. Puccini, Composer 231
36. John S. Sargent, R.A. 232 37. Pietro Mascagni 233 38. Richard
Burton 234 39. Mendelssohn, Composer 235 40. Massenet, Composer
236 41. Hon. Elihu Root (Front) 253 42. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher 254
43. Rufus Isaacs, Baron Reading 255 44. Hon. Elihu Root (Profile) 256
45. Harland B. Howe 257 46. Justice Horace H. Lurton 258 47. Prof.
William H. Burr 259 48. Hon. John Wesley Gaines 260 49. Hon.
Joseph Walker 277 50. Hon. Lon V. Stephens 278 51. Hon. Oscar
Underwood 279 52. Hon. Victor Murdock 280 53. Robert C. Ogden
281 54. Prof. P.G. Holden 282 55. W. Nelson Edelsten 283 56. Dr.
Beverly T. Galloway (Profile) 284 57. Conical Hands 317 58. Hands of
Mrs. Flora E. Durand 317 59. Hands of Financier and Administrator
318 60. Hands of Engineer and Expert Mechanic 318 61. Long Fingers
318 62. Narrow Head 319 63. Sir Henry Fowler 320 64. Reginald D.
Barry 321 65. Large Dome Above Temples 322 66. Dr. V. Stefansson
323 67. Square Head 324 68. Round Head 324

PREFACE
This work is a treatise upon the fascinating and valuable art of
analyzing human character. It makes no attempt to teach, as such, the
technical principles upon which this art is based. It is, rather, an attempt
to familiarize the reader with the most important of these by the
inductive method--by means of incidents and descriptions from our
records and from the biographies of well-known men. Some effort has
been made, also, to give the reader the benefit of the authors'
experience and observation in vocational counsel, employment, and
salesmanship.
In the preparation of this work, we have drawn copiously from our
records of individuals and firms. It should be borne in mind by the
reader that, for obvious reasons--except