These he considered the regimen of inspiration and thought.

Mr. Alcott closed the conversation by reading from the Paradise Regained a description of the banquet spread by Satan for Christ; also, the lines in praise of Chastity, from the Comus, whose clear statue-like beauty always affects one powerfully.

[12.] Printed from notes taken by a lady (Miss Ariana Walker) at the time. The conversation was held in Boston in December, 1849.

[13.] THE TEMPERAMENTS AND COMPLEXIONS.

The Sanguine or Aeriform is Fair;

The Choleric or Fiery is Florid;

The Lymphatic or Aqueous is Olive;

The Melancholic or Earthy is Dark.

The four are mostly blended in life, the fusion being frequently indeterminable.