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A system of phrenology (1839)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Boston, Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb · leaf 606

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ve in the Negro skulls ; for theyexhibit much Hope, Veneration, and Wonder, with comparativelylittle reflecting power. Their defective Causality incapacitatesthem for tracing the relation of cause and effect, and their greatVeneration, Hope, and Wonder, render them prone to credulity,and to regard… … DEVELOFEMENT OF NATIONS. 579 The heads of the SANDWICH ISLANDERS are under rather than equal to the average size of theEuropean head; and the race certainly doesnot indicate so high a natural character asthe European, although closely approachingto it. The Phrenological Society possessesfive skulls…

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