Illustrations of phrenology : being a selection of articles from the Edinburg [sic] phrenological journal, and the Transactions of the Edinburg [sic] Phrenological Society . ry small. The whole head is much smallerthan that of Williams. The relative proportion of the organs stands thus:— Amativeness, large. Love of Approbation, full. Philoprogenitiveness, large. Cautiousness, moderate. Inhabitiveness, moderate. Benevolence, small. Adhesiveness, moderate. Veneration, moderate. Combativeness, small. Hope, small. Destructiveness, large. Ideality, small. Constructiveness, moderate. Conscientiousne
Illustrations of phrenology : being a selection of articles from the Edinburg [sic] phrenological journal, and the Transactions of the Edinburg [sic] Phrenological Society . ry small. The whole head is much smallerthan that of Williams. The relative proportion of the organs stands thus:— Amativeness, large. Love of Approbation, full. Philoprogenitiveness, large. Cautiousness, moderate. Inhabitiveness, moderate. Benevolence, small. Adhesiveness, moderate. Veneration, moderate. Combativeness, small. Hope, small. Destructiveness, large. Ideality, small. Constructiveness, moderate. Conscientiousness, very small. Acquisitiveness, very large. Firmness, small.* Secretiveness, large. Knowing faculties, large. Self-esteem, large. Intellectual/acuities, very small. The preponderance of the lower feelings over thesuperior, and over the intellect and Ideality, are like-wise in accordance with Bishops character. Thesmaller size of the head agrees with the fact, thatWilliams led Bishop into the course of crime whichcaused the forfeit of his life; for it is said that, after *This organ appears from the drawings to be large.—Editor. WrLLIAMS AND BISHOP, MURDERERS. 67. BISHOP. 68 WILLIAMS AND BISHOP, MURDERERS. pursuing the trade of body-snatching for some time,Williams thought of saving trouble, by killing peopleas they were wanted, and induced Bishop to join himin this improvement. From this circumstance, andthe greater villany and daring of Williamscharacter,I had no difficulty for a single moment, when I firstsaw the casts, in pronouncing which was the head ofWilliams and which of Bishop. The large develop-ment of the organ of Acquisitiveness, with the smalldevelopment of that of Conscientiousness, and of themoral sentiments at large, accord with the accountgiven us of Bishop being always ready to perjurehimself for the sake of gain, and to cheat in everyway; the smallness of Combativeness equally agreeswith the account of his being a sneaking villain—anarrant coward. For
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