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"St. John had a book in his hand—it was his unsocial custom to read at meals..."<br />
• Described as having an abstracted nature (IN)<br />
• Read quite a bit (Number of books read increases with N 129 )<br />
• Seldom gave praise (NT)<br />
"He said I must have gone through a great deal of fatigue and trouble to have effected such<br />
considerable changes in so short a time: but not a syllable did he utter indicating pleasure in<br />
the improved aspect of his abode. This silence damped me."<br />
• Calm, impassive and imperturbable (NT)<br />
"maintaining a marble immobility of feature."<br />
"Whether he was incensed or surprised, or what, it was not easy to tell: he could command<br />
his countenance thoroughly."<br />
• Tight self control (NT)<br />
• Had a powerful mind in the conventional sense of the word (NT)<br />
• Tended to be most interested in the doctrinal aspects of Christianity (NT) 130<br />
• Described as not being yielding or impressionable (T)<br />
"You would think him gentle, yet in some things he is inexorable as death..."<br />
• Described as cool, cold, hard and stern (T)<br />
"I am cold: no fervour infects me."<br />
• Tended to states his wishes as demands and commands rather than as suggestions or<br />
information (NTJ favored over NTP) 131<br />
• He timed the discussion length of a subject (J)<br />
"“It is very pleasant to hear this,” he said—“very: go on for another quarter of an hour.” And<br />
he actually took out his watch and laid it upon the table to measure the time."<br />
• Exhibited the death glare (INTJs favored most)<br />
"St. John’s eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to<br />
fathom. He seemed to use them rather as instruments to search other people’s thoughts, than<br />
as agents to reveal his own: the which combination of keenness and reserve was<br />
considerably more calculated to embarrass than to encourage."<br />
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"...he leaned over the table and required an answer by a second firm and piercing look."<br />
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"He lifted his gaze, too, from the daisies, and turned it on her. An unsmiling, a searching, a<br />
meaning gaze it was."<br />
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"I found myself under the influence of the ever-watchful blue eye. How long it had been<br />
searching me through and through, and over and over, I cannot tell: so keen was it, and yet<br />
so cold, I felt for the moment superstitious—as if I were sitting in the room with something<br />
uncanny."<br />
• Described as serious, sombre and "grave almost to displeasure" (INTJ favored)<br />
129 Hicks in Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998<br />
130 Keirsey, 1998<br />
131 Keirsey, 1987
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