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A system of phrenology (1839)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Boston, Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb · leaf 594

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g fromthe native mind, and are not forced on the people by conquest,it is difficult to see whence they can originate. The phrenologist is not satisfied with these commom theoriesof national character ; he has observed that a particular form ofbrain is the invariable concomitant of particular… … DEVELOPEJVIENT OF NATIONS. 567 HINDOOS are remarkable for want of force of character, so muchso, that a handful of Europeans overcomes in combat, and holdsin permanent subjection thousands, nay millions, of that people.Power of mental manifestation bears a proportion to the size of thecerebral…

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