Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology (1882)
Drayton, H. S. (Henry Shipton), 1840-1923, McNeill, James, 1846-1916 · New York, Fowler & Wells · leaf 107
mere boys. Mr. Combe lOO BRAIN AND MIND. predicted of the former, however, that he would never excelas an engineer; and in confirmation of this prediction histeacher said of him, after having given him instructions inmathematics for two years, that he did not show as muchcapability in the higher… … Fig. 39.—Calculation Small, able task. I could not now tell you how many eight timesnine are without going to work circuitously, and reckoningby means of the tens. Yet, for seven years I studiedarithmetic. This deficiency has been the occasion ofmuch trouble to me. I could understand everything…
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