Phrenology Vindicated, and Antiphrenology UnmaskedSamuel Colman, 1838 - 156 psl. |
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... persons unqualified to judge of them , they were exciting prejudices against Phre- nology . Such are the reasons why I did not commence the present scrutiny at an early period ; and , having commenced it , I have motives sufficient to ...
... persons unqualified to judge of them , they were exciting prejudices against Phre- nology . Such are the reasons why I did not commence the present scrutiny at an early period ; and , having commenced it , I have motives sufficient to ...
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... persons of mere corporeal distinction , they gave much smaller heads . Hence the heads of Zeno , Soc- rates , Plato , and Aristotle himself , as represented by the artists of their time , were large . The head of Pericles is handed down ...
... persons of mere corporeal distinction , they gave much smaller heads . Hence the heads of Zeno , Soc- rates , Plato , and Aristotle himself , as represented by the artists of their time , were large . The head of Pericles is handed down ...
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... persons now , the time is approaching , when it will be viewed in the light of a familiar truth . To I have said that there is neither affinity nor actual si- milarity between the discoveries and doctrines of Gall and Spurzheim , and ...
... persons now , the time is approaching , when it will be viewed in the light of a familiar truth . To I have said that there is neither affinity nor actual si- milarity between the discoveries and doctrines of Gall and Spurzheim , and ...
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... person possessing large deve- lopements , moves in the direction of the organ which predominates for the time . " The devout man ( says he ) bows his head forward in order to present the organ of Veneration , in the di- rection of the ...
... person possessing large deve- lopements , moves in the direction of the organ which predominates for the time . " The devout man ( says he ) bows his head forward in order to present the organ of Veneration , in the di- rection of the ...
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... persons , and thus to darken and em- bitter our brighter and kindlier thoughts of human nature . Did I suffer the measures of Professor Sewall at all to influence me in these respects , such would be the effect produced on me , by his ...
... persons , and thus to darken and em- bitter our brighter and kindlier thoughts of human nature . Did I suffer the measures of Professor Sewall at all to influence me in these respects , such would be the effect produced on me , by his ...
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