. Marriage, its history and ceremonies : with a phrenological and physiological exposition of the functions and qualifications for happy marriages. he Phrenological Cabinet, 131 Nassau-street. It exhi-bits an enormous organ of Philoprogenitiveness; and, asa natural consequence, it was an injury to herself and toher child, from excessive fondness. The following is herhistory :—She resided in Hanover, N. H. For a time, shewas quite pious, and a member of the church. At fifteenyears of age, she became a mother, and was would not, however, trust her child to the care of anysecond per
. Marriage, its history and ceremonies : with a phrenological and physiological exposition of the functions and qualifications for happy marriages. he Phrenological Cabinet, 131 Nassau-street. It exhi-bits an enormous organ of Philoprogenitiveness; and, asa natural consequence, it was an injury to herself and toher child, from excessive fondness. The following is herhistory :—She resided in Hanover, N. H. For a time, shewas quite pious, and a member of the church. At fifteenyears of age, she became a mother, and was would not, however, trust her child to the care of anysecond person ; but travelled the country, gaining a liveli-hood in a variety of ways—by begging, stealing, and pros-titution—always carrying her child with her. Numeiousoffers were made by charitable persons to educate and pro-vide for the child; but no, she could not live deprived ofher offspring, and so the child grew up perfectly to exposures and privation, the child sickened anddied. The mother immediately became insane, and finallyended her days in an insane asylum. rHiLOPROGENITIVENESa. 95 SMALL PHIL OPR 0 G ENIT I VENESS ,. Ko. 14. When Philoprogenitiveness is very weak, it leads toequally disastrous results, as children are then considered acurse and a plague—sometimes shamefully treated, and in-fanticide committed. This faculty is large in the heads ofthose males who are much interested in all expedientswhich have for their object the welfare and improvementof children, and who take peculiar interest in their educa-tion. When it is weak in woman, she lacks almost the pe-culiarities of the sex—at least, one of the most importantones—and, in consequence, would be hardly fitted to dis- 96 MARRIAGE. charge the duties of a married life, and entirely unfitted forthose of a parent. We will now give a few anecdotes, which will serve toexemplify some of its functions and their necessity as heredescribed. While on a tour through the state of New York,I became a
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