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of Combativeness, Destructiveness, Secretiveness, Constructiveness, 

 Self-esteem, Love of Approbation, and Firmness, are very large ; as 

 are also most of the organs of the moral group, and many of the in- 

 tellectual faculties. Taking a front view of the forehead, the lower 

 and outer portions seem contracted, owing to the upper and lateral 

 portions being so much expanded ; but a profile view shews a great- 

 er proportion of brain before the ear than there is behind it. His 

 chest is rounded and full, arising from the particular action of the 

 pectoral and intercostal muscles, and their long-sustained activity ; 

 but the abdomen is small. 



Having thus given some idea of the cerebral and bodily organiza- 

 tion of Master Phillips, we may proceed to treat of his intellectual 

 qualifications, which are in accordance with the former, and may be 

 anticipated by even the tyro in Phrenology. 



He plays the trumpet with apparent ease, and seems nothing 

 daunted, whatever may be the number of his auditors. He takes 

 applause as a matter of course, but it does not seem to puft" him up 

 with pride, although there is no doubt that the great admiration he 

 receives acts as a powerful stimulus to Love of Approbation, giving 

 him the peculiar smile which this latter feeling imparts when cir- 

 cumstances excite its activity. Nor must we wonder if such a child 

 should experience something like vanity, when we reflect that even 

 the matured philosopher is not proof against it, particularly when 

 he is made the lion of his day. Master Phillips's performance as a 

 trumpet-player is astonishing, considering his age ; and he has ex- 

 cited surprise and admiration everywhere, not only among amateurs, 

 but also among professors of music. The combination of the facul- 

 ties essential to the musician are, some of them, above the mean ave- 

 rage of his other perceptive powers. The organ of Time is very 

 largo, and Melody, Order, and Number, are full ; whilst Imitation, 

 Ideality, and Constructiveness, are very large. There is one pecu- 

 liarity in the forehead of this child ; the organ of Comparison is so 

 very large that it imparts a singular and particular expression. And 

 I have observed that when any of the mental faculties are in excess, 

 they impart to the mind a something which indicates that they in- 

 fluence the character. But as the education of Master Phillips had 

 been neglected, if we except the culture of his musical faculties, I 

 confess that it puzzled me very much to conjecture how Comparison 

 would manifest itself in him. When, however, I heard him play a 

 concerto, with variations, it was no longer a marvel to me, because 

 tlie powerful inniioncc of Comparison was indicated in the varia- 

 tions, which were played with great taste and discrimination, pre- 



