The mind and its machinery. Vol. I, The scientific basis for reading character : a new and simplified description of the temperaments, explaining how to estimate the powers, talents, tendencies and capabilities of man and all other animals, a description of body and mind, their mutual inter-relations, and the influence of each upon the other, together with a new and original philosophy regarding the operation of a part of the bodily organs / by V. P. English.

  • English, V. P. (Virgil Primrose), 1858-
Date:
1901
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Credit: The mind and its machinery. Vol. I, The scientific basis for reading character : a new and simplified description of the temperaments, explaining how to estimate the powers, talents, tendencies and capabilities of man and all other animals, a description of body and mind, their mutual inter-relations, and the influence of each upon the other, together with a new and original philosophy regarding the operation of a part of the bodily organs / by V. P. English. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I. MIND AND BODY. The Great Controlling and Directing Power—Appropriate Machinery Required—Mutual Dependence of Mind and Body—Different Tools Required for Different Kinds of Work—Estimating Physical and Mental Capabilities— Kind of Work Done Indicated by Kind of Tools Used— The Science of Reading Character — Capabilities of Mind, Like a Musician’s Performance, Limited by Capacity of Instrument Used—A Complete and Perfect Mind—Out of Tune with Our Social Conditions—Hu- man Instruments of Music—Cause of Mistakes in Read- ing Character. .... 13-2U CHAPTER II. FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES AND WHAT THE>' EXPLAIN. Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc.— Education, Physical Culture, Health, etc. — Correspondence of Body and Mind—The Mind Builds the Body— Explanation of Christian Science Cures—Disease and Death Caused bv a Wrong Action of the Mind—Classification of Diseases Curable and those Incurable by the Mind. 21-2o