Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . the sexes in their association;awakening in each a kindly interest in all that concernsthe other. In this quiet and unobtrusive state of thefeeling, says Mr. Scott, there is nothing in the leastgross or offensive to the most sensitive delicacy. So farthe contrary, that the want of some feeling of this sortwherever it appears is a very palpable defect and a mostunamiable trait of character. Its action softens all theproud, irascible, and anti-social principles of
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . the sexes in their association;awakening in each a kindly interest in all that concernsthe other. In this quiet and unobtrusive state of thefeeling, says Mr. Scott, there is nothing in the leastgross or offensive to the most sensitive delicacy. So farthe contrary, that the want of some feeling of this sortwherever it appears is a very palpable defect and a mostunamiable trait of character. Its action softens all theproud, irascible, and anti-social principles of our nature in (139) 140 BRAIN AND MIND. everything which regards the sex that is the object ofit; and it increases the activity and force of all the kindlyand benevolent affections This explains many facts whichappear in the mutual regards of the sexes toward eachother. Men are, generally speaking, more generous andkind, more benevolent and charitable toward women thanthey are to men, or than women are to one another. In newly-born children the cerebellum as comparedwith the cerebrum, is as one to thirteen, fifteen, or
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