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STUDY OF BRAINS OF SIX EMINENT SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS. 



expansion of the cerebral cortex, the number of nerve-elements is proportionately 

 increased and the possibilities of coordination of the separate units of thought and 

 action are augmented in a corresponding degree. And where the different parts of 

 the cortex with different functional relations possess still greater potential growth- 



FiG. 10. a. Brain of General SkobeleS (after Sernoff). b. Brain of Professor Altmann, anatomist (from photo- 

 grapli kindly sent by Dr. P. Niicke, of Hubertuabnrg). c. Brain of Gambetta (after Duval). 



energy, the number of infoldings will be greater and the fissuration more accentuated 

 and compact. This is at least true of brains within the primate order of animals. 

 The brain of a first-class genius like Friedrich Gauss is as far removed from that of 

 the savage Bushman as that of the latter is removed from the brain of the nearest 



