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the greateft learning and moft undoubted abi- 

 lities i and that in all probability the chief rea- 

 fons why fo little attention is paid to the fub- 

 je(5t at prefent are 



Firft, That it has been treated in conjundlion 

 with fubjefls, now properly exploded as un- 

 worthy of attention j and fecondiy. That it has 

 been injured by the injudicious affertions and 

 arguments of thofe who have undertaken its 

 defence. 



The learned and the wife however may fome- 

 times be miftaken j nor fhould any decifive 

 conclufion be drawn againft the ufe of any thing, 

 from its having been abufed. The time there- 

 fore may not be far drftant, when phyfiognomy 

 will be reinftated in her rank among the valu- 

 able branches of human knowledge, and be 

 ftudied with that degree of attention and perfe- 

 verance, which a fubjeft deferves, fo eflentially 

 connefted with the fcicnce of man. 



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