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The resolutions were communicated to Mr. Combe with the 
letter, of which the following is a copy. 
TO MR. GEORGE COMBE. 
Dear Sir—In compliance with the request of the gentlemen 
and ladies who have attended your course of lectures on phrenol- 
ogy, we have the pleasure of presenting. you with a copy of the 
resolutions adopted by them, and avail ourselves of the occasion 
to communicate the assurance of our high respect and esteem. 
Davin Daceerr, 
Henry W. Epwarps, 
Benjamin Siiiimay, 
Dennis Kimperty, 
Denison OLmMstTeD. 
New Haven, March 15, 1840. Z 
Remarks* of Prof. Srniman in support of the above resolutions. 
Mr. Chairman—I beg leave to second the resolutions just 
moved by the honorable gentleman. I have no doubt sir, that I 
express the sentiments of this audience when I say, in the spirit 
of the first resolution, that I have listened to the lectures of Mr. 
Combe with great satisfaction, and that Lhave found them replete 
not only with entertainment but with instruction. 
I perfectly agree in opinion with the mover of the resolutions 
that phrenology, if true, is a very important science. In relation 
to its ican history, permit me, therefore, to state a few facts that 
within my personal knowledge, and which have a bearing } 
Paes some of the statements of our respected lecturer. | 
It was es my. fociuite Skt, while te edtnboiph in 190820, ema, 
both in and out of the University, at the feet of several of the able 
teachers, whom Mr. Combe has named. Some of sees mimtent 
* It is proper to observe, that these remarks w on the excitement of 
the moment, without rokiienes to any other ae 075 than the tarcsing of the resolu- 
tions. But a wish having been expressed in various quarters, that an account of 
the whole of the proceedings might appear before the public, this report was first 
prepared with reference to the newspapers ; it was thought however to be too much 
extended for that channel of communication, and that justice to Mr. Combe de- 
very favorable reception in this country. It may be perceived by those who heard 
the substance of the following remarks, that ot! are now carried out more fully 
than in the delivery, as the time was then li 
