So stretched out huge in length the arch-fiend lay, "And earth, self-balanced, on her centre hung."-Milton. The perception of weight, density, gravitation, attraction, momentum, force or equilibrium. Gravitation is one of the most important laws of nature, and this faculty is adapted to perceive its effects. When we touch any substance, Individuality perceives its existence; but when we change its position by muscular force, we acquire ideas of its solidity and weight. There is an intimate relation between the size of bodies and their weight, since the weight of bodies, all other things being equal, is in exact proportion to their size. In the solar system, the planets manifest a degree of power proportionate to their magnitude; so also on the surface of the earth, the weight of bodies is equal to their density and size. The forms of things are also related to their weight--thus the heavenly bodies, mountains, vegetables, and animals, are formed with reference to the laws of gravitation; and in artificial structures, if the artist departs from this principle he shocks the common sense of mankind. Even in dress, we unconsciously conform to this perception, and therefore large sleeves, or very broad crowned hats, cannot long be popular. Animals that are very low in the scale, manifest this faculty with as much skill as the most profound philosopher: The caterpillar crawls to the end of a limb, and extends itself as far as it can reach, and if it finds nothing to rest upon, returns the way it came, but never loses its balance. "The nymphs of watermoths, commonly called codbait, cover themselves with pieces of wood, or gravel. It is necessary that they should keep in eqilibrium with the water, and, when they are too light they add to themselves a piece of gravel, and when too heavy, a piece of wood." Fishes are furnished with a peculiar pneumatic apparatus, that enables them to sustain themselves in the water in opposition to the gravitation of their bodies; and birds have their bones made light and thin, and so contrived that their breath, instead of being confined to a pair of lungs, is extended into the hollow of their bones, and into different parts of the body, in order to render them light and buoyant. Thus we see that animals have perceptions of the weight of bodies, and act in harmony with the laws of gravitation according to their size and form. I have uniformly found this large on those who were good judges of the mechanical forces, and in artists whose success depends upon their faculty of bringing force to bear with skill, precision and delicacy; such, as smiths, machinists, musical performers, horsemen, engineers, rope dancers, &c. I found it small on the head of a young lady in the Troy Female Seminary, who excelled in vocal music. but was an indifferent performer on the piano and harp. 1 found it large, and Caution moderate, on a young lady in Buffalo, who walked over a frightful precipice on a narrow plank where even the men dared not follow her. It was large in Sir Isaac Newton, and it is said that the falling of an apple attracting his attention, commenced in his mind the train of thought which resulted in developing the true theory of gravitation; but had it been small in his head, would the falling of the apple have excited in his mind such a train of thought? It was very large in the head of Watt, the celebrated engineer; so also was Size; and he not only improved the steam engine, but he also invented a curious machine for perspective drawing. I found it very large in a stranger whom I examined in the presence of my class in Troy, N. Y., and being combined with large reflectives, I ventured to remark that if he were a mechanic, he would be likely to suggest improvements in the power of machinery, and I was afterwards informed that the individual was the inventor of the rotary engine-William Avery, of Syracuse. The organ was large in Homer, (if we may depend upon the authenticity of the bust said to be his;) he certainly manifests it more frequently, and expresses it more beautifully than any other poet. He varies in every possible manner the mode of expressing the force with which his heroes hurled their weapons at each other. Beattie also has this large, and his poem of the Minstrel, commences: Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb Again he describes the wandering minstrel, And oft the craggy cliff he loved to climb, And hark! the river, bursting every mound, Down the vale thunders; and with wasteful sway, 7. COLOR. "Tis sweet in the green spring Winds whisper, waters prattle from the ground, A thousand odours rise, Breathed up from blossoms of a thousand dies.-Bryant. The seven primary colors, in their different degrees of brilliancy, and their innumerable combinations, producing an endless variety of hues, tints and shades, constitute an interesting department among the properties of matter. Were it not for this, what a disagreeable sameness would the appearance of nature present! Those who have this organ large, are very fond of variegated scenery-of flowers-of paintings and, of party-colored decorations. It is larger in women than men, and accordingly they universally wear a greater diversity of colors, and are more fond of flowers than men. Botany is their favorite science, in which they make greater proficiency than in any other natural science. This organ, when large, gives an arched appearance to the brow, and any one who will take the trouble to look at a collection of portraits of celebrated painters, will at once acknowledge this common peculiarity. Mr. French, of Springfield, Mass., cannot in the night, distinguish one color from another, yet his vision is perfect, and no mechanic in the U. S. Armory, can sooner perceive any inequality upon the surface of machinery. In this gentleman, there is an uncommon depression in the place of the organ of Color, but Weight and Size are very large. It must be remembered that coloring is but one of the elements of the talent for painting. It is large in Titian, Rubens, and all those painters who have excelled as colorists. 8. ORDER. Order is heaven's first law.-Pope. The operations and productions of nature, being the result of universal and general laws, uniformity and order is the necessary consequence. Thus, one general law operating upon vegetable and animal substances, produces regularity of arrangement among their fibres. The general law of attraction, explains the regularity with which minerals chrystalize. One general cause disturbing the ocean, produces regularity among the waves; but if several causes operate at once, the order is destroyed. Order may therefore be defined to be, that arrangement among material bodies, which is produced by the operation of a general cause. It is the province of this faculty to perceive the order that reigns throughout the universe, but it does not perceive the general causes that produce it; thus, when a powerful magnet passes near a handful of iron filings, an unseen |