Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . organs much predominate, the reflect-ives being only moderately indicated. The careful observer will notice that the local develop-ment of organs is influenced by their tendencies of asso-ciation. The strongest organ of a group will so influencethe growth of the other members of the group, that theywill indicate a tendency of approach toward it. Thus,predominant Firmness attracts Self-esteem, Veneration,Conscientiousness, Approbativeness, Hope, and otherneighbori
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . organs much predominate, the reflect-ives being only moderately indicated. The careful observer will notice that the local develop-ment of organs is influenced by their tendencies of asso-ciation. The strongest organ of a group will so influencethe growth of the other members of the group, that theywill indicate a tendency of approach toward it. Thus,predominant Firmness attracts Self-esteem, Veneration,Conscientiousness, Approbativeness, Hope, and otherneighboring organs so that the head, in some cases, willappear to be massed in that region. Or Acquisitiveness,when very active and large, will attract Ideality, Construct-iveness, Time, Calculation, Causality, and others, and will 230 BRAIN AND MIND. render them contributory to its operation. As a generalrule, organs associated in mental activity grow toward eachother, and in extraordinary cases, this growth is so consid-erable that an organ may appear to be quite out of its nor-mal situation. The semi-intellectual organs exhibit much. The Scientist. variation in this respect. When closely allied in activitywith the perceptive faculties, they appear to be drawn for-ward and downward. When working with the reflectives,their direction of growth is forward. While in close sym-pathy with the moral sentiments, they show an upward HCIV CHARACTER IS MANIFESTED. 231 tendency. If, however, they co-operate mainly with thephysical forces, the growth takes a downward writers who have noticed this characteristic of braindevelopment and deduced composite mental qualities, havesought to subdivide some of the organs, assigning to theirfront, back, and side parts, functions of an intermediate
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