ODERATE OR SMALL.--Cares little for home; leaves it without much regret;
contemplates it with little delight; takes little pains in its
improvement; and with Acquisitiveness large, spends reluctantly for its
improvement: p. 69.

VERY SMALL.--Experiences almost none of this faculty, and manifests still
less: p. 69.

5. CONTINUITY.

[Illustration: No. 51. LARGE.]

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A patient DWELLING upon one thing till it is finished; CONSECUTIVENESS and
CONNECTEDNESS of thought and feeling. Adapted to man's need of doing one
thing at a time. Perversion--prolixity, repetition, and excessive
amplification.

LARGE.--Gives the whole mind to the one thing in hand till it is finished;
completes as it goes; keeps up one common train of thought, or current of
feeling, for a long time; is disconcerted if attention is directed to a
second object, and cannot duly consider another; with Adhesiveness large,
pores sadly over the loss of friends for months and years; with the Moral
faculties large, is uniform and consistent in religious exercises and
character; with Combativeness and Destructiveness large, retains grudges
and dislikes for a long time; with Ideality, Comparison, and Language
large, amplifies figures of speech, and sustains figurative expressions;
with the intellectual faculties strong, cons and pores over one thing, and
imparts a unity and completeness to intellectual investigations; becomes
thorough in whatever study it commences, and delays rather than commences
mental operations: p. 70.

VERY LARGE.--Fixes the mind upon objects slowly, yet cannot leave them
unfinished; has great application, yet lacks intensity or point; is
tedious, prolix, and thorough in few things, rather than an amateur in
many: p. 70.

FULL.--Dwells continuously upon subjects, unless especially called to
others; prefers to finish up the matter in hand, and can, though with
difficulty, give attention to other things; with the business organs
large, makes final settlements; with the feelings large, fixes their
action, yet is not monotonous, etc.: p. 71.

AVERAGE.--Can dwell upon things, or divert attention to others, as
occasion requires; is not confused by interruption, yet prefers one thing
at a time; with the intellectual organs large, is not a smatterer, nor yet
profound; with the mental temperament, is clear in style, and consecutive
in idea, yet never tedious; with Comparison large, manufactures
expressions and i