gall's craniognomic system. 199 



' Thus in old age, and fometimes in difeafes, madnefs for ex- 

 ample, many faculties are loft whilft others fubfift ; and con- 

 ftant employment of the fame faculty fenfibly diminifhes its 

 energy ; if we pafs to another we find it has all the force of 

 which it is fufceptible, and when we again employ the firft fa- 

 culty, we find it has recovered its original vigour. Thus it is 

 that when fatigued with an abftract and philofophical reading, 

 we turn with pleafure to poetry, and then afterwards apply 

 again with equal attention to our former employ. 



Thefe phenomena prove that the faculties are feparated and 

 independent of one another, and we are induced to believe 

 that the fame is the cafe with their material organs. 



Note. r< We do not entirely adopt this notion of Gall, but Theological 

 on the contrary, we believe that the feparation of the material note * 

 organs muft be confidered as the caufe of the diftinction of the 

 internal faculties; at leaft it feems to us, that by fuppofing 

 them originally feparated, we cannot avoid the fnare of the 

 riiaterialifm which exifts as foon as we ceafe to confider the 

 ipirit (I'efprit) as unity. * 



3d. The Development of the Organs contained in the Cranium, The organs of 

 is in direcl Proportion ivith the Force of their corre JP on di n gml^™™*fo tA 

 Faculties, the ftronger the 



correfpondent 

 This principle diclated by analogy, depends on the axiom ; faculties, 



that through all nature the faculties are found to be ever in 

 proportion to their relative organs, and its truth is eminently 

 proved by the particular obfervations of Gall. 



It muft however be obferved, that exercife has a confider- a n(1 the more 

 able influence on the force of the faculties, and that an organ 

 but moderately developed, but which is often exercifed, may 

 afford a fuperior faculty to that which accompanies an organ 

 of great magnitude, but is never put in aclion. Thus we fee 

 men whofe ftru6ture is but moderately ftrong, acquire by con- 

 tinual exercife powers fuperior to others whofe ftructure is 

 almoft athletic. 



Note. I muft here anticipate an opinion which feems to A ,ar g e b / a ' n 

 r i . ,. i r ,....; i • i • xi does not indicate 



remit immediately from this principle, but which is nevertne- energy f f acu j_ 



lefs falfe, that the volume of the brain is in direct proportion ties unlefs the 

 to the energy of its faculties. Obfervation has ^emonftrated^gjy^g^"^ 

 to Gall, that the power of the faculties can only be appre- 

 ciated by the developement of the organs feparately, which 



form 



