= «86 Phrenology. 
mental energy of Gall, of Spurzheim, of Combe, and of many 
other philosophers of high intellectual’ powers and wide observa- 
tion, has been, through many years, directed to the investigation, 
and they have declared, that they find a prevailing correspond- 
ence between the size and conformation of the brain and of the 
‘cranium, and the energy of the intellectual faculties, moral senti- 
ments, and animal propensities of man. 
_ As it is a fair pursuit—a legitimate branch of physical, mental 
and moral philosophy—let it then have free scope, until additional 
observations through a wider range of time, and made by many 
other men, equally or even better qualified for the investigation, 
shall either establish or overthrow its claims. Ee 
- This apologetic plea for phrenology has been thrown in, not 
because we have made up our minds. to go for the whole, but be- 
cause we would strenuously maintain the liberty of free investiga- 
tion. Philosophical is as sacred as civil and religious liberty, and. 
all three are indispensable to the perfection of man’s faculties, to 
the improvement of his condition, and to the just comprehension 
of his duties. In suggesting the considerations that have been 
qualified to decide by their acumen, their general knowledge, 
their large observation on this subject, and their strict logical dis- — 
cipline ; but all intelligent and candid persons can judge of the 
general correspondence of the theory with the phenomena ; they 
ean observe that there is an intellectual, a moral, and an-animal 
conformation of the head, which, as the one region or the other 
prevails, greatly influences the character and conduct. fas 
\ This general development, this characteristic conformation, 
we think is clearly discernible when we examine many individ- 
uals; it is therefore, this leading revelation of mental power, of 
moral affections, and of animal propensities, which we believe 
that Gall, Spurzheim, and Combe, and other able and enlighten- 
ed phrenologists, have it in their power to indicate, with a pre- 
vailing certainty, sufficient to justify particular courses of treat- 
ment with the insane, with felons, and (with great care and 
