. The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects. In the head of the celebrated Richard Brinsely Sheridan,we find an example of the three regions of the brain inFijj. 3. question, existing nearly in the state of equilibrium. Thenatural tendencies of such an individual are equally strongtowards vice and virtue; and his actual conduct is gener- * See Phrenological Journal, vol. vii. p. 446. FROM INFRINGEMENT OF THE ORGANIC LAWS. 145 ally determined by the influence of external life of Sheridan shows, that while he possessed highmental qualities, h
. The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects. In the head of the celebrated Richard Brinsely Sheridan,we find an example of the three regions of the brain inFijj. 3. question, existing nearly in the state of equilibrium. Thenatural tendencies of such an individual are equally strongtowards vice and virtue; and his actual conduct is gener- * See Phrenological Journal, vol. vii. p. 446. FROM INFRINGEMENT OF THE ORGANIC LAWS. 145 ally determined by the influence of external life of Sheridan shows, that while he possessed highmental qualities, he was also the slave of degrading anddiscreditable vices. The head of the celebrated Philip Melancthon the refor-mer and associate of Luther, furnishes an example of thedecided predominance of the moral and intellectual regionsover that of the animal propensities. The drawing iscopied from a portrait by Albert 4. Melancthon.
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