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Title: 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