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as music,
painting, manufacturing of delicate articles, etc. In literature they
display refined taste, and the head is symmetrical and generally well
developed. Those who are low in delicacy lack refinement and grace
and should carefully cultivate these qualities.
The relative absence of this element entirely or proportionately unfits
the individual for these mental processes requiring delicacy and
acuteness. He may possess a well-balanced organization as to
temperament and cerebral development, but without the element of
delicate quality he will be utterly incapable of those mental processes
requiring delicate shades of thought.
[Illustration: Sol Smith Russell--Quality Responsive.]
The individual who unites the elements of strong and delicate quality
will exhibit both power and fineness. He will be able to display more
versatility of talent than the individual possessing the element of
strength or delicacy alone. Those persons who have displayed great
intelligence coupled with brilliancy, have uniformly united both of
these elements.
The element of Responsiveness depends upon a certain sensitiveness of
texture, resembling the resonance of a well tuned musical instrument,
and a certain harmonious adjustment of parts which renders the
individual capable of receiving a mental impression promptly and
responding to its action. Persons possessing this quality have such
delicate sympathy of the entire organization that the mental processes
are exceedingly rapid, and the physical manifestations are equally
prompt. The movements of the body are quick, the brain is active, the
eye bright, intelligent and keen sighted, the expression of the face
vivacious, the voice musical, the speech rapid, and the individual often
anticipates the thought of those with whom he converses; if you
hesitate on a word he will instantly supply it. Such persons are keenly

sensitive to surrounding circumstances, easily impressed, and the entire
organization seems to vibrate in unison with the impressions made
upon it. It is not uncommon to find this condition mistaken by
observers for the nervous temperament of the pathological
classification. The true distinction lies in the fact that the latter is a
diseased condition, resulting in a super-sensitiveness of the nervous
system, while responsive quality exists in perfect health, and is a
perfectly normal condition of a character frequently resulting in great
advantage to the individual, and absolutely essential in many vocations.
It is indispensable to the musician, the artist, the poet, etc., and I
depend upon it in estimating the capacity of my subjects for various
professions and trades, especially those involving the fine arts,
literature, and many of the departments of merchandising.
[Illustration: Mme. Janauschek. Quality Strong and Responsive.]
The absence of this responsive element is marked by a general
sluggishness of all the mental and physical processes. The movements
of the body are slow, and the brain, while it may be capable of strong
thought, is correspondingly slow in action. The individual does not
yield readily to the strongest impressions, and his conversation will be
slow, frequently tedious. Such individuals are incapable of doing
anything in a hurry, and when urged by others frequently become
confused. Left to their own methods, with plenty of time, they are
frequently capable of displaying great strength and delicacy of quality,
both in physical and mental manifestations.
The intelligent reader will readily comprehend that the best
organization is that in which the elements of strength, delicacy and
responsiveness are harmoniously blended.
The relative predominance of each element will in all cases decide the
particular class of purposes, vocations, professions or other pursuits to
which the subject is best adapted, other things being equal. Quality
results from a variety of causes. Like all other personal peculiarities, it
is, to a certain extent, hereditary. Children are, to a greater or less
extent, certain to inherit the quality of their parents and immediate
ancestors. But the inherited quality of offspring is subject to great

modifications. It is definitely established that the temporary condition
of mind and body of the parents at the moment of conception,
materially affects the permanent quality of the offspring. Thus it is
possible for parents to transmit to children a much better or much
worse permanent condition of quality than they themselves possess.
Observation also justifies the belief that children born of loving and
affectionate parents surpass in quality those born of incompatible
natures. The occupation and surroundings of the parents at the time of
conception, and particularly the influences brought to bear upon the
mother while the offspring is in utero, produce a lasting effect upon the
quality of the latter. Science has long since demonstrated the fact that
every part of the human organization is susceptible to educational
development. Quality, like every other modifying condition, is
susceptible to development in either direction, and the success
attending an effort to develop either strength, delicacy or
responsiveness of quality in any given individual, will in all cases be
commensurate with the intelligence and