32 Dr. Spmzheim's demonstrative Course of Lectures 



subject, To wiiat order, genus, species or variety does it belong ? 

 He, in like manner, begins by inquiring how many organs are 

 indicated by the mind ? It is necessary to multiply organs till all 

 the primitive faculties are explained. The appHcations of these 

 faculties are indefinite. There are thirty-three or;r;vi,s ; and as 

 the letters of the alj)habct are sufficient to indicate sounds and 

 foim words, so are they to signify the faculties. The propen- 

 sities influence the character ; sentiments also influence the rea- 

 soning faculties. Man is a determinate being ; education is not 

 capable of making the character, and teachers all know this. 

 Animals likewise have a determinate nature ; the faculties are 

 iimate ; " he who has an eye, can see ; it is given to him," ac- 

 cording to the Scriptures. God has done for man what he did 

 for other animals, given him instinct, however he nil ay be too 

 proud to allow it. Education, indeed, is nevertheless necessary to 

 put the faculties in action. That genius is born, is a trite truth ; 

 education never creates, it oiilv cultivates and directs the faculties. 

 All faculties and moral feelings depend on organization. The 

 organ of language is a transverse cojivolution of the brain very 

 distinct from the anterior lol)es. Every faculty has a peculiar 

 organization. No feeling is learned by tlie understanding. Un- 

 derstanding and order mav exist without good feelings'; Mothers 

 without great genius have good feelings ; hence the reason why 

 men appear weak in some particular and not in others. Some 

 persons reason better and feel more when sleeping than when 

 awake : this foct is explained by the circumstance of some fa- 

 tuity acting with more energy when alone than when all the 

 others are engaged. For instarice, we retire to quietude to 

 fcfleet ; we adopt some means or other to aid us in every un- 

 dertaking. Hence, animal magnetism. We do not yet know 

 the vital power, nor the extent of the influence of mind on mat- 

 ter. All nature is regular. Animal magnetizers are ignorant 

 of nature ; thev pretend to great knowledge, but have never dis- 

 covered any thing ; they know nothing new. But every owe has 

 his gift. 



' hect. 11. The organs of all the faculties nre situated to- 

 teth.cr in subservience to their mutual influence ; thus, the re- 

 Hecting faculties are together ; the knowing ones together ; 

 and the propensities, &c. in like manner. The organs of know- 

 ing and reflecting are in the fore part of the head ; those of the 

 propensities a*id sentiments in the upper and posterior part. 

 'Che faculties peculiar to man occupy a very small space ; those 

 connnon to man and animals much larger, and some faculties 

 Rr<! more important than others. It is very difficult to find pro- 

 per Urtn^jj tlioBc of alicction, })a^ion, memory, &c. are not 



ticts. 



