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A system of phrenology (1834)

Combe, George, 1788-1858, Combe, George, 1788-1858. Essays on phrenology, or, An inquiry into the principles and utility of the system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, and into the objections made against it, American Antiquarian Society, former owner. DNLM · Boston : Marsh, Capen, and Lyon · leaf 550

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Cautiousness and Causality ; theregion above them belongs to the moral sen-timents ; it is large; Firmness is conspic-uously developed ; but the hair gives part of the elevation atFirmness, and allowance falls to be made for its thickness. The men who are able to attend to their private duties, and… … 530 EFFECTS OF SIZE brains, find their whole powers absorbed and exhausted by theirparticular occupations, wonder at such men, and cannot compre-hend either their motives, or the means by which they accomplishso much. It is power which distinguishes them, so that dutieswhich to others are…

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