interested to note how
every trait attributed to this type applies with absolute accuracy to
every extremely raw-boned, angular person you have ever known. You will
also notice how these traits have predominated in every person whose
bones were large for his body.

Though this type was the last to be classified by science it is the most
extreme of them all.

Physical Rigidity

An impression of physical rigidity is given by the extreme Osseous.
Such a man or woman looks stable, unchanging, immovable--as though he
could take a stand and keep to it through thick and thin.

So vividly do very tall, angular, raw-boned people convey this
impression that they are seldom approached by beggars, barked at by
street vendors, or told to "step lively."

His Size Looks Formidable

The power of his physique is evident to all who look at him. The
strength indicated by his large joints, angular hands and general bulk
intuitively warns others to let this kind of person alone.

He is therefore unmolested for the most part, whether he walks down the
streets of his home town or wanders the byways of dangerous vicinities.

His Ruggedness

This type also looks rugged. He reminds us of "the rugged Rockies." He
appears firm, fixed, impassive--as though everything about him was
permanent.

Externals are not accidental; they always correspond to the internal
nature in every form of life. And it is not accidental that the Osseous
looks all of these things. He is all of them as definitely as they can
be expressed in human nature.

The Steady Man

Of all human types the Osseous is the most dependable and reliable.
The phrases, "that man is steady," "never flies off the handle," "always
the same," etc., are invariably used concerning those of more than
average bony structure.

Immovability His Keynote

The keynote of the bony man's whole nature--mental, physical and
moral--is immovability.

Once he settles into a place of any kind--a town, a home, or even a
chair--he is disinclined to move. He does not settle as quickly as other
types but when he does it is for a longer stay.

Think how different he is from others in this psychological trait and
how it coincides exactly with his physiological structure.

The fat man lets you make temporary dents in his plans just as you make
them in a piece of fat meat. But the bony man is exactly the opposite,
just as bone is difficult to twist, or turn, or alter in any way. It
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