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of the wherefore of our existence as far as we 

 can elucidate it; and thus reconcile ourselves 

 to its certain termination, Death. Of what 

 lies beyond the grave we know nothing — 

 Death is a mystery we may never hope to 

 solve ; But he, whatever his race or creed, 

 who tries to do right to all, need not fear to die. 



Education has yet te remedy a multitude 

 of evils besides those I have touched upon — 

 civil, social, sexual and political ; which can- 

 not be entered into iu the compass of this lec- 

 ture. And she will do all this and more in the 

 years to come ; years which for her are eternal. 



A great assistant to Mother Education in 

 the tedious licking into shape of her bear-cub 

 Man will prove to be the dawning but preg- 

 nant Science which the peculiar physiognomy 

 of a schoolboy awakened into perception in 

 the brilliant mind of the sage Spurzheim, la- 

 ter to be developed by the reflective Gall. 



I allude to Phrenology, which young as I 

 am, I have studied for the past six or seven 

 years. I know it is a science at present held 

 up to ridicule by the superficial, the unthink- 

 ing and the ignorant; it is one, however, cer- 

 tain to become one of the most potent instruc- 

 tors of the race — one of the most tried and 



