Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . venessSmall. from home as soon as they were born all the nine childrento whom she gave birth and for years never asked to seethem. She was unable to account for this want of affec-tion toward her offspring, and was somewhat ashamed ofit. To satisfy her conscience, she insisted on her husbandseeing them every day and taking charge of their Gall and Spurzheim found the organ deficient intwenty-five out of twenty-nine infanticides whose headsthey had
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . venessSmall. from home as soon as they were born all the nine childrento whom she gave birth and for years never asked to seethem. She was unable to account for this want of affec-tion toward her offspring, and was somewhat ashamed ofit. To satisfy her conscience, she insisted on her husbandseeing them every day and taking charge of their Gall and Spurzheim found the organ deficient intwenty-five out of twenty-nine infanticides whose headsthey had occasion to examine. The skulls of the Esquimaux present a great prominence ORGANS OF THE SOCIAL AFFECTIONS. 143 in the region of this organ, and many Arctic travelers havemade mention of the extreme ardor of affection which theymanifest toward their children. Captain Parry says, inspeaking of these people: Nothing, indeed, can well ex-ceed the kindness with which they treat their children ;and this trait in their character deserves to be the moreinsisted on because it is in reality the only very amiableone which they Fig. 65.—A Native of Zanzibar. Crantzs testimony is equally strong as to the manifes-tation of this faculty by this people. He says that Whileyou will scarce find a Greenlander do good to one anotherwithout the mercenary hope of some speedy retribution,there are, on the other hand, traces of a stronger love be-tween parents and children and the many passions arisingfrom it than there are among other nations. A mother 144 BRAIN AND MIND. can not suffer her child to be out of her sight, and manya mother has drowned herself because her child hath beendrowned. Like the inhabitants of the Arctic zone, the negroes ofthe torrid are remarkable for their parental affection, andthe negro skull is equally remarkable for its occipital elon-gation or fullness. On the other hand, some of the unciv-ilized tribes show a decided lack of consideration for theiryoung. Re
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