of Dr. Gall, of -Vienna.- >}<f 



its tifnal vigour. It is thus that, when fatigued with reading; 

 an abftncl philfjfophical work, we proceed with pleal'ure tc> 

 a poetical one, and tiieh refum^ jy.iihf the fame attention our 

 former occupation. , : ;> . , - , 



. All thefe pha;nomena prove that the faculties are diftin£l 

 and independent of each other, and we are IticliiK-d to believe 

 that tile cafe is the fame with their material ofaaus. 



[We do not entirely agree with this idea of Dr. Gall, and 

 we believe, on the coiitrary, that the feparation of the ma-* 

 tenal (irgans ought to t>e confidercd as the caufe ©f the di- 

 Itindtion of the niteriKil faeulties. It appears^ to us at lead, 

 thai by fuppofing the faculties themfelves as originally fepa- 

 rated we cannot fave ourlelves from falling into materialifnv 

 ^vhlch cxilts when the luind is no longer confidered as unity.]; 



3. Tlye Expaiijim 6f thi Or^iis contained in the Cfmtum ti 

 in the dircSi' Ratio of the Force of their eorrefpondhtg Fd^ 

 atlties. 



. This principle, di6lated by analogy, refts on this axiom, 

 that throughout all nature the faculties are always found to 

 be proportioned to their relative organs ; and the truth of it 

 is proved in a fpccial manner by the particular obfervationa 

 of Dr. Gail. 



It Is however to be remarked, that exerclfe has a great in- 

 fluence on the force of the faculties, and that an organ mo- 

 derately expanded, but often exercifed, can give a faculty fu- 

 jierior to that which accompanies a very extenfive orgaii 

 never put in action; as we fee that a man of a weak con- 

 formation acquires, by continued exercife, ftrenglh fuperior 

 to another of a more athletic ftrud^urc. 



[\V"e niuii here mention an opinion which fecms to refull 

 b^mediatcly frcm thi ;; princ'rple, and which, however, is falfe : 

 it is, li»at the volume of the brain, in general, is in the direct 

 ratio ot the energy of its faculties, Obfervalion has proved 

 to Dr. Gal!, that we cannot judge of the ftrength of the lacul- 

 lics but by the development of the feparate organs which 

 form diftiiidl eminence* in the cranium ; and that a cranium 

 perfcAly round, of whatever fizc it may be, is never a protrf 

 of many or of great faculties.] 



I do not recollect to have heard the reafon affigned by Dr. 

 Gall, but, in my opinion, thefe brains may be cDnrulered as 

 in a (late analogous to obefily ; and as wc do not judge of the 

 niufcular force of a man or an annual by the volume ot iheir 

 jnembers, but by the development of the uuifcks in parti- 

 cular, I think wc ouaht, in like manner, t.o judge ol the 

 c " l^rength 



