temperment

— […] it is possible, and probable, that the nervous temperment (as it is called) is inherited […]. Are men of nervous temperment found to be unfit […]? If not, why should women of the same temperment be unfit for them? The peculiarities of the temperment are, no doubt, within certain limits, an obstacle to success in some employments, though an aid to it in others. But when the occupation is suitable to the temperment, […] It is evident that people of this temperment are particularly apt for [leadership].