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 business, misfortunes in associations, and, physically, diseases that are slow in response to treatment, particularly afflictions of the intestines. A 4 is naturally of sterling character; loyal to friends, and, while not especially philanthropic, is usually generous to those who have any right to expect such generosity. A 4, however, generally insists that other people shall live up to its own particular ideal of right and justice, and it is extremely important that the 4 itself should obey the same law, for the slightest deviation from the path of sterling honesty, or the smallest tendency in the direction of intemperance, will change a noble character into one that is distinctively ignoble. A harmonious 4 usually adopts a business career, and, not infrequently, is interested in mining affairs, or in realty transactions. Being an admirer of nature, and a home lover, it is no uncommon thing to find a 4 engaged in agricultural persuitspursuits [sic], and, if the owner of animals, a 4 is certain to