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A system of phrenology (1835)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Boston, Marsh, Capen, and Lyon · leaf 175

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developed. Luther and Knox must have required alarge portion of it, to enable them to perform the services whichthey rendered to Christendom. The organ is large in valiant warriors. In the skulls of KingRobert Bruce, and General Wurmser, who defended Mantuaagainst Buonaparte, it is exceedingly… … —^^^a Combativeness large. Combativeness small. In feudal times, great Combativeness was more essential to aleader than it is in modern warfare. Richard Coeur de Lion,Bruce and Wallace, could command the fierce barbarians whomthey led to the field only by superior personal prowess ; and,indeed,…

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