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A system of phrenology (1830)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Edinburgh : J. Anderson ; London : Longman · leaf 640

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; by the greater proportion being beforethan behind the external orifice of the ear, indicating thepredominance of intellectual over animal endowment. Thisis remarkable particularly in two of the skulls. The co-ronal region is broad and tolerably well developed, but notequal in height above… … 618 ON THE CEREBRAL have a considerable portion of Eventuality, a faculty whichDi Gall long ago denominated Educability, and whichmust greatly expedite civilization. Three of the skulls aredecidedly ancient, and having been obtained from the olderMorais or burial-places, probably afford correct…

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