Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . tisfied, andthen walk off, entirely indifferent as to what became ofthe remainder. The squirrel, however, would scarcelywait to satisfy his present hunger, until he had carried thewhole to a place of safety, where he could draw upon it inthe future. The squirrel thus distinctly shows a facultyof which the hen is destitute, and which instinctivelyprompts it to store up for future use the surplus of thepresent. Among the extreme instances of the morbid developmenta
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . tisfied, andthen walk off, entirely indifferent as to what became ofthe remainder. The squirrel, however, would scarcelywait to satisfy his present hunger, until he had carried thewhole to a place of safety, where he could draw upon it inthe future. The squirrel thus distinctly shows a facultyof which the hen is destitute, and which instinctivelyprompts it to store up for future use the surplus of thepresent. Among the extreme instances of the morbid developmentand activity of this faculty among men, are those ofBurke and Hare of Edinburgh, who murdered people for PRESERVATIVE OR SELFISH ORGANS. 85 the sake of selling their bodies to anatomists. In the caseof Burke, the organ of Benevolence is fairly developed,being conspicuous in a moral organization generally low;and it is said that he could not bring himself to the pointof killing his victim, unless excited by alcohol. In per-sons eminent for charitable labors and self-sacrificing phi-lanthropy, Acquisitiveness is usually CHAPTER VI. OF THE INTELLECT. The faculties composing this order take cognizance ofthe existence, qualities, and relations of external correspond with the knowing faculties of themetaphysicians. First, we would call the readers atten-tion to the Perceptive group, of which one of the most im-portant elements is INDIVIDUALITY. This organ is situated in the first frontal convolution, atthe anterior extremity of the frontal lobe, and lies contigu-ously to that part of the cranium immediately above theroot of the nose. (See Fig. 17-1). It imparts the disposi-tion to examine things as individual existences, without anyreference to their qualities or purposes. Dr. Gall firstnamed it the Sense of Things, and Dr. Spurzheim subse-quently called it Individuality. It is the specializingfaculty, taking cognizance of things—a tree, a house, etc.,as a si
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