You and I; . CULTIVATE A DESIRE TO PLEASE. BY MRS. MARY ASHLEY TO N the ossifiedmap of mans abil-ities, which phren-ologists havemade of the human skull,to one bump is given spe-cial prominence. Like^=r* Jove among the Olym-pian gods of old, it holds theloftiest place. Differ as theymay on the other points, Galland Spurzheim, Combe and theirsuccessive brothers in the science of mind, all agree in locatingbenevolence on the very pinnacle of the cranium. They notonly assign to it the highest position in localizing psychic func-tions, but they freely acknowledge its dominating influence
You and I; . CULTIVATE A DESIRE TO PLEASE. BY MRS. MARY ASHLEY TO N the ossifiedmap of mans abil-ities, which phren-ologists havemade of the human skull,to one bump is given spe-cial prominence. Like^=r* Jove among the Olym-pian gods of old, it holds theloftiest place. Differ as theymay on the other points, Galland Spurzheim, Combe and theirsuccessive brothers in the science of mind, all agree in locatingbenevolence on the very pinnacle of the cranium. They notonly assign to it the highest position in localizing psychic func-tions, but they freely acknowledge its dominating influence as amoral faculty, and formulate what they call character,according as this bump is a protuberance or a depressionamongst its fellow cranial embossments. From it flow, astrickling waters from hill-top springs, all those approximatingfaculties which fertilize the heart and quicken it to the growth 143 144 YOU AND I. of human natures noblest products. It is the parent of self-abnegation, of honest forgiveness, of warm sympathy with ourfellow creatures, of love, of tendern
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