The mysteries of the head and the heart explained : including an improved system of phrenology, a new theory of the emotions, and an explanation of the mysteries of mesmerism, trance, mind-reading, and the spirit delusion (1875)
Grimes, J. Stanley (James Stanley), 1807-1903, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Chicago : W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co. · leaf 87
ealth is accumu-lated in a few superior families, their ambition tooutshine each other prompts them to encourage theornamental arts, and to make comparisons betweenthe various productions of skillful workmen. It iseasy to conceive that a great many generations of suchrivalry would result in a… … Miss Hosmer, the Sculptress —Fig. 27. There is no one organ of Poetry. Perfectivenessgives a tendency to ornateness of style; Credencive-ness, to romantic and exaggerated ideas; Imitative-ness, to personations and dramatic modes of expression;Comparison, to metaphors and appropriate illustra-…
Phrenology · Mesmerism · Spiritualism
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