Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . posingverses, some of which showed merit; yet he belonged tothe lowest class and had received no education. Dr. Willisalso mentions a patient, who, during his paroxysms of in-sanity, was conscious of the most delightful and elevatedemotions, and wrote poetry and prose with great state of feeling always disappeared when the fitpassed off. Where Ideality is largely developed and the organs ofthe intellect are ill-balanced or insufficient, the person s
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . posingverses, some of which showed merit; yet he belonged tothe lowest class and had received no education. Dr. Willisalso mentions a patient, who, during his paroxysms of in-sanity, was conscious of the most delightful and elevatedemotions, and wrote poetry and prose with great state of feeling always disappeared when the fitpassed off. Where Ideality is largely developed and the organs ofthe intellect are ill-balanced or insufficient, the person showsa want of judgment in appreciating the affairs of ordinarylife. He appears to live in a sphere of his own, and invites 132 BRAIN AND MIND. censure or criticism because of his eccentricities of thoughtand act and his neglect of practical duty. Persons so con-stituted are often unhappy and dissatisfied because theiractual experiences fall much short of their ideal notionsof excellence and completeness, IMITATION. The situation of this organ is marked upon the side ofthe top-head just above Ideality and a little forward. (See. Fig. 56,—Imitation Large. Fig. 17-22). In the brain its place appears to be in thesecond frontal convolution adjoining the vertical frontalfissure and lying against the sulcus which divides thesecond from the first frontal convolution. If it be largeand Benevolence small, the head approaches flatness acrossthe anterior coronal region; while large Benevolence withsmall Imitation imparts to the head in this region a slant-ing appearance, like the roof of a house. THE SEMI-INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES. 133 Imitation gives the disposition to copy persons or thingsor to mimic, as in acting. It is essential in all occupa-tions which have to do with working after models, aswell as to those intellectual employments concerned inthe representation of the mental traits and manners ofothers. Dr. Gall was led to the discovery of this organ by ob-serving the peculiar conf
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