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A vindication of phrenology (1894)

Williams, W. Mattieu (William Mattieu), 1820-1892 · London, Chatto & Windus · leaf 355

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ittle sentiment and pas-sion, should have a small brain and small head, while, on theother hand, a man of strong passions, great impulsive energyand strong sentiment should have a large head, whether hisintellect be strong or feeble. In spite of the simple obvious-ness of this, I frequently meet… … Fig. 34. THE OBJECTIONS TO PHRENOLOGY 327 silly inference of a flippant chatterer, and is bad enough, butnot so bad as the direct falsehood of the Edinburgh Eeview (June 1815, p. 247), which says, Gall and Spurzheim, infact, in affirming that the vigour of the intellect is alwaysproportional to the…

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