234? gall's craniognomic system. 



29. v Organ of the Talent for Satire. 



»o. Satire and The organ of fatire and facetioufnefs (zvitz of the Germans, 



wiu wit of the Englifh, facetiae of the Latins) correfponds with 



the frontal protuberance. Gall preferves many examples of 



4he truth of this opinion, and we have uniformly found it 



true. 



30. Organ of Goodnefs. 



jo. Goodncfs. The organ of goodnefs is in the middle of the forehead, 

 above that of comparifon (No. 26.) It forms that oblong ele- 

 vation which is conftantly found in the portraits of Chrift and 

 of Mary, painted by Raphael and Correggio, and contributes 

 much to that expreffiori of mildnefs and goodnefs with which 

 we are delighted ; it is always feen in the craniums of men 

 naturally good, and is wanting in thofe of the mifchievou> and 

 vindictive *. 



Among animals the roe-buck, the hind, the pigeon, &c. 

 are provided with it ; on the contrary, animals of prey, fuch 

 as the eagle, the ftarling, the tiger, the fox, &c. are without 

 it ; in the latter cafe, the os frontis, inftead of being round 

 and elevated, is deprefTed and hollow. 



31. Organ of Mufic or of Theatrical Talent- 



31. Theatrical The very marked enlargement of the fummit of the os 

 reprefentation. f ron ti St j s owing to the developement of the organ for the re- 

 presentation of thoughts by a&ions, the organ of mufic, or 

 theatrical talent." 



'? Gall has collected many obfervations to prove the truth 

 of this opinion, nor will it be overlooked inattentively, con- 

 fidering the heads of the great performers at the different 

 theatres of Paris." 



Note, " We think we have alfo obferved that this organ is 

 particularly developed in the deaf and dumb, and we attri- 

 bute it to the neceffity fuch perfons are under of ading conti- 

 nually, an exercife which neceflarily facilitates its advance- 

 ment." 



* We are not here fpeaking of that goodnefs which is the refult 

 of moral principles, that to which we allude exifts as inftinct, 

 without being the produce of moral reflections. 



32. Organ 





