Phrenology Proved, Illustrated, and Applied, Accompanied by a Chart: Embracing an Analysis of the Primary, Mental Powers in Their Various Degrees of Development, the Phenomena Produced by Their Combined Activity, and the Location of the Phrenological Organs in the Head : Together with a View of the Moral and Theological Bearing of the Science |
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Phrenology Proved, Illustrated, and Applied, Accompanied by a Chart ... Orson Squire Fowler No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 166 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes?
Page 155 - rejoice with those that do rejoice, and weep with those that weep.
Page 42 - Which varies in the two sexes of the same species ; 3. Which is not proportionate to the other faculties of the same individual ; 4. Which does not manifest itself simultaneously with the other faculties ; that is, which appears or disappears earlier or later in life than other faculties ; 5.
Page 42 - ... of animal and not in another; 2, which varies in the sexes of the same species ; 3, which is not proportionate to the other faculties of the same individual; 4, which does not manifest itself simultaneously with the other faculties, that is, which appears or disappears earlier or later than they; 5, which may act or repose singly; 6, which individually is propagated in a distinct manner from parents to children ; and 7, which singly may preserve its proper state of health or be affected by disease.
Page 24 - Bell says : (Anat. Vol. II., p. 390), " We have found that the bones of the head are moulded to the brain ; and the peculiar shapes of the bones of the head are determined by the original peculiarities in the shape of the brain." Again : " I have seen one striking instance of the skull decreasing in size with the brain. It occurred in an individual who died at the age of thirty-two, after having labored under chronic insanity for upwards of ten years, and whose mental weakness advanced...
Page 66 - ... mutually and strongly attached; desire to cling around the objects of their love; take more interest and delight in the exercise of friendship than in anything else; . . . dread an interruption of friendship as the greatest of calamities. . . Their friends may be few, but will be dear, . . . their...
Page 104 - ... too often reconsiders, and manifests a pains-taking, careful, anxious, provident disposition in all he does. One having cautious, large, with combat, and destruct. also large, is slow in commencing, yet when once interested in any project, pushes it with great spirit ; may be timid and fearful till his courage is once excited, but will then be bold and fearless ; may be nearly overcome with fear before he commences acting or speaking...
Page 239 - ... acumen. On account of the resemblance which one thing, or one set of things, bears to another, most of the phenomena of the natural world, are capable of being grouped together into classes. The causes of these phenomena, or their relations of cause and effect, as has been observed, are sought out by causality ; their resemblances and analogies, and their dissimilarities, are recognised by comparison. Form may compare different shapes ; tune, different notes ; and...
Page 94 - Desires money more as a means than as an end, more for its uses than to lay up; and pays too little attention to small sums.
Page 247 - The letters are well and temperately written, and show a creditable knowledge of the science. We are glad to see so much ability, combined with practical skill, as these gentlemen exhibit. They announce a new organ, " whose function is to furnish its possessor with an intuitive knowledge of human nature, or to enable him readily to perceive the state of mind or feeling possessed by others, and thus successfully to adapt himself to, and operate upon, the minds and feelings of his fellow men.