M'Phun's catechism of phrenology; illustrative of the principles of that science / By a member of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh [i.e. A. Combe].

  • Andrew Combe
Date:
1840
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Credit: M'Phun's catechism of phrenology; illustrative of the principles of that science / By a member of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh [i.e. A. Combe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ls se ee IR AS eo ee rare To produce a tendency to construct ‘in general ; but, like acquisitiveness, it takes its direction from the other faculties. For example, if combined with Combative- ness and Destructiveness, it will give a desire to con- struct implements of war—with predominating Vene- ration to erect places of religious worship, &c. Is this faculty indispensable to a genius for me- Yes. Do the lower animals that build possess the organ Where are remarkable developments of it to be found? In the casts and portraits of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Brunel, Haydon, and Herschel, where it is very fully developed. The New Hollanders in general have it small. Being indispensable to the talent for works of art of every description, it is found large in all those painters, sculptors, mechanicians, and architects, Is this organ established ? Yes. Genus I].—SEnNTIMENTsS. What is the nature of the faculties Selena to the Second Genus of feelings ? _ Their nature is to produce merely a Sentiment ; that is, a propensity combined with a feeling or emotion of
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