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No. 19. Miss E. H., sister of the Beauty of New York; a very large, splendid head.

It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;

It is an attribute to God himself;

And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice."

14.-VENERATION.

Very Large-Profound feeling of awe; reverence for the Deity
Large-Due consideration; respectful and kind to superiors.
Full-Little solicitude about religions matters; want of adoration.
Moderate-Inactive feelings of devotion; want of humility.
Small-Rude and overbearing; want of proper respect to superiors.

Veneration very large in portrait 19, of a very young miss, of New York, sister to the preceding lady, remarkable for her beauty, gentleness and goodness-contrasted with inferior skull, No. 20, very deficient in all the above.

Physiognomical expression-imparts a beautiful soft light to the eyes, as they are directed heavenward, the lips half severed, breathing the language of holiest love and calm devo

tion.

Uses-produces the sentiment of adoration and humility, and brings us in communion with God.

Abuses-immoderate fondness for ancient errors and superstitions, time-honored abuses, &c.

Location behind Benevolence and before Firmness, on the longitudinal suture.

Sweet innocent! Her eyes upturned to heaven,
Do seem to seek their native home, the skies!
How soft, how lustrous, and how beautiful!
Say, does she see a heavenly seraph there,
Like her, all beauty, smiles, and loveliness?
Her roseate lips apart like opening flowers,
Inhale perfumes from heaven alone derived:
Blest creature! she is indeed an angel-child.
Her open forehead and her sunlit eyes

With radiant lustre shone, reflecting happiness

And innocence within. She was a fair, a gentle child,
So full of mirth and pleasantry, yet seldom wild;

Her hair in richest auburn tresses shone,

Dishevell❜d o'er her alabaster shoulders hung,

In silken dalliance, with the gentle zephyrs playing,

Formed beauteous waving lines, like autumn's ripening fields.

Sweet fairy! I have listened to her laughing prattle;

How joyous, free, how gay and happy have I seen her!
Like some gay, carolling bird of jocund spring,
Discoursing nature's heavenly music wild.

Her tiny feet so small did scarcely touch the ground,
It made her seem so little of this earth;

Imagination paints her now, a being of superior birth,
Almost too beautiful for this dull earth.

Delightful, charming Ella! has she not forgotten me?
Can I forget her ?-ah! no, never!

Link'd, interwoven in fond memory's chain

With her fair, beauteous sister, I must remember, yes, forever.

15.-FIRMNESS.

Very Large-Invincible perseverance; stubbornness and wilfulness. Large-Great decision and resolution of character and purpose. Full-Steadiness, stability; little disposition to change of purpose. Moderate-Inconstant, wavering, and changeable; easily gives up. Small-Variable, shifting, and easily abandons former views.

Firmness, large in Dr. Gall, (No. 21,) combined with the highest intellect, which enabled him to discover, appreciate, and establish Phrenology amidst a host of adversaries.

Physiognomical expression—compression of the lips; dignified, erect carriage; keeps on a straight course, regardless of the sneers of others. Very deficient in the skull of Peruvian, Idiotic Child, (No. 22.)

Uses-moral courage, steadiness, and determination.
Abuses-obstinate, unyielding stubbornness.

Location-the highest part of the head, and posterior to a line drawn perpendicular from ear to ear.

"Though perils did

Abound as thick as thought could make them, and

Appear in forms more horrid, yet my duty,

As doth a rock against the chiding flood,"

Should the approach of this wild river break,
And stand unshaken yours."

16.-CONSCIENTIOUSNESS.

Very Large-Strictly honest and just; sensitive to the rights of others. Large-The highest regard for truth, justice, probity and honor. Full-Good share of integrity, but not over-sensitive in trading. Moderate-No compunction for sin, and makes a close bargain. Small-Will steal and lie; no scruples of conscience or honor.

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Conscientiousness very large in the Beautiful Bostonian, (see title-page,) also in Charles Dickens, or Boz," (No. 24,) the highly popular and talented friend of the suffering poor. Very small, with deficient Causality, in the skull of the New Zealand Chief, a cannibal. (See cut 25.)

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No. 20. Skull of a New Hollander. Small 14, Veneration, and 35,

Intellect.

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No. 22. Peruvian Idiotic Child. Very small 35 and 17.

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