Manual of psychometry : the dawn of a new civilization / by Joseph Rodes Buchanan.

  • Joseph Rodes Buchanan
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Credit: Manual of psychometry : the dawn of a new civilization / by Joseph Rodes Buchanan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    an interest that a newspaper has been devoted to this subject, no complete and systematic exposition of the science is before the pubHc. Its only exposition has been by essays in the Journal of Alan thirty years ago, by chapters in my System of Anthropology, of which no new edition has been issued since 1854, ^^*^ by the Soul of Things in three volumes, from Wm. Denton, the eminent geologist, a book of mar- velous interest and originality, developing the highest phases of Psychometry in the exploration of history, paleontology and astronomy, far beyond the utter- most limits of previous scientific investigation. His able and interesting work has not had the circulation it deserves, because it is too far in advance of the age, presenting the grandest results of Psychometry to a public not yet acquainted with the science. The present work has long been called for by those who have learned of my discoveries, and if Psychom- etry has even the tenth part of the scientific interest, the practical value and the power of advancing scientific civilization, and elevating the condition of all humanity which is believed by those who are well acquainted with it, it is the duty of every philan- thropist to call attention to this work and promote its diffusion. But yvhat is Psychometrv (which means literallv soul - measuring), what the process, the modus operandi and the results? This question will be fully answered by a sketch of the investigations and experiments which have developed the science, but it may be briefly answered now, that Psychometry is the dc7:c]opnicnt and
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