Phrenology, and how to use it in analyzing character.

  • Morgan, Nicholas.
Date:
1871
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Credit: Phrenology, and how to use it in analyzing character. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    i.fcl.—o 0- 26 MR. COMBE'S ABILITY AND LABOURS. vinced of their truthfulness and utility. After mature con- sideration he declared for the new philosophy, bringing all the powers of his mind to bear upon the subject and the propagation of its principles, and soon became, by common consent, its acknowledged leader. On him rested the mantle in its fall from Spurzheim's shoulders, and with noble mein he wore it. He was essentially a humanitarian—his aim in life was the intellectual and moral elevation of his race. The means he employed in the attainment of this object was the advocacy of self-knowledge, the utilization of science and art for the common-weal—to do unto others even as he would they should do unto him—to make the best of this world, as a means of qualification for enjoying the world to come. To his labors the world is greatly indebted. He left to posterity a munificent heritage of sound principles, practical wisdom, and philosophic teachings. His voluminous writings are a lasting monument to the nobility of his mind, and shed a radiant lustre around his memory. Six years after Dr. Spurzheim's death, Mr. Combe visited America, and delivered a lengthy course of lectures, extend- ing over nearly two years, in some of the principal states and cities. He was well received, and his visit was hailed as an eventful period in the history of the country. His writings are highly prized in America, the circulation of his Con- stitution of Man, in that country alone, being upwards of four hundred thousand. -<^H^