Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . her hand, in Mr. Douglas, a landscape painter,this organ was very large, and when a mere child, he wasso struck with the apparent difference in the width of thenear and far ends of the ridges of a plowed field, that hecrawled across it, before he could well walk, to measurethe actual distance with a stick, and was greatly surprisedto find that no difference existed. In the casts from the heads of Newton, Herschell, andGeorge Law, this organ is conspicuous; and it
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . her hand, in Mr. Douglas, a landscape painter,this organ was very large, and when a mere child, he wasso struck with the apparent difference in the width of thenear and far ends of the ridges of a plowed field, that hecrawled across it, before he could well walk, to measurethe actual distance with a stick, and was greatly surprisedto find that no difference existed. In the casts from the heads of Newton, Herschell, andGeorge Law, this organ is conspicuous; and it will be found OF THE INTELLECT, 93 well marked in the foreheads of men who have acquiredreputation as engineers and builders. WEIGHT. This organ lies next to Size in the frontal convolutions,and its place on the superciliary ridge is about one-thirdthe length of the ridge, outward from the root of the nose.(See Fig. 17-W). It is to the reasoning and investigationof Dr. Spurzheira that the discovery of Weight is large, it gives an overhanging appearance to thebrow at this point. The weight of bodies is a quality quite. Fig. 33.—Weight Large. independent of form and size, since objects may be alikein these respects, but differ greatly in their specific and the lower animals possess an instinctive capabilityfor adapting their movements to this force, so thatwhether walking or running they are able to preserve theirequilibrium; and this capability arises from this , its function may be defined as the sense of forceor resistance, exerted by, or belonging to, external objects. Q4 BRAIN AND MIND. The organ is always large in acrobats, rope-dancers, andgood skaters, as well as in those who have a natural apti-tude for constructing and managing machinery in is essential to the billiard-player to enable him to adaptthe force with which he propels the ball, to the effect whichhe aims to obtain; to the sculptor, that he may correctlyestimate the
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