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people to form their opinions on a matter which is held 

 out to them to be of such high importance ; and more 

 still, to induce them to trust to its guidance, the educa- 

 tion of their children, or any of the important concerns 

 of life. 



Mr. Rogefs opinion. But without making further 

 observations of our own, we will merely cite the opinions 

 of two or three individuals, which have been formed 

 with a knowledge of the facts, and whose decisions are 

 not of less weight than those of any cotemporary wri- 

 ters. 



" Although," says Mr. Roget, " the brain is construct- 

 ed with evident design, and composed of a number of 

 curiously wrought parts, we are utterly unable to pene- 

 trate the intention with which they are formed, or to 

 perceive the slightest correspondence which their config- 

 uration can have with the functions they respectively 

 perform. The map of regions which modern Physiolo- 

 gists have traced on the surface of the head, and which 

 they suppose to have relation to different faculties, and 

 propensities, does not agree either with the natural divis- 

 ions of the brain, nor with the metaphysical classifica- 

 tion of mental phenomena."* 



Dr. Bostock's sentiments. " The view," says Dr. Bos- 

 tock, " which I have taken of the connection that sub- 

 sists between the physical structure of the nervous sys- 

 tem, and the mental faculties, naturally brings me to a 

 subject, which has of late attracted a considerable 

 degree of attention among anatomists and physiologists, 

 viz. the dependence of the character and disposition 

 upon the peculiar shape and organization of the brain. 

 Certain facts, which seemed to favor this opinion, had 

 long been noticed ; persons of observation were in the 

 habit of associating the idea of superior intellect with a 

 capacious and prominent forehead, while the contrary 

 form was equally conceived to indicate a deficiency of 



* Animal and Vegetable Physiology, Bridgwater Treatise. Vol. ii. 

 p. 565. London, 1835. 



It is proper to remark, that Dr. Roget, is the author of the Article 

 11 Cramoscopy " in the Encyclopedia Brittanica, and therefore has not 

 given this opinion, without knowledge. 



