. The illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with over one hundred engravings : together with the chart and character of ... as marked by ... . ensities at the sides of the head,between and around the ears ; the social affections in its back andlower portion ; the aspiring faculties in its crown ; the moral on itstop, and the intellectual on the forehead ; the perceptives, whichrelate us to matter, over the eyes ; and the reflectives, in the upperpart of the forehead. (See cut No. 15.) Now, since brutes possess at least only weak moral and reflectivefaculties, they should,
. The illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with over one hundred engravings : together with the chart and character of ... as marked by ... . ensities at the sides of the head,between and around the ears ; the social affections in its back andlower portion ; the aspiring faculties in its crown ; the moral on itstop, and the intellectual on the forehead ; the perceptives, whichrelate us to matter, over the eyes ; and the reflectives, in the upperpart of the forehead. (See cut No. 15.) Now, since brutes possess at least only weak moral and reflectivefaculties, they should, if Phrenology were true, have little top-head,and thus it is. Not one of all the following drawings of animals havemuch brain in either the reflective or moral region. Almost all theirmentality consists of the animal propensities, and nearly all theirbrain is found between and around their ears, just where, according G2 rIIItlvNOLOGICAL GONDII 1NS to Thrcnology, it should be. Yet the skulls of all human beings risehigh above the eyes and ears, and arc long on top, that is, have fullintellectual and moral organs, as we know they possess these mental. No. 15.—Grouping of Organs. No. 16.—Human Skull. elements Compare the accompanying human skull with those ofbrutes Those of snakes, frogs, turtles, alligators, etc., slope straightback from the nose ; that is, have almost no moral or intellectual
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