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the same information concerning himself could any intelli- 

 gent woman rationally refuse ? 



-s What! give him a phrenological chart of her brain? 

 Yes ! precisely that ; and he giving her one of his ; that is 

 what we mean let us face the exact proposition. If it be 

 an improper request for him to make and for her to enter- 

 tain, will you please say why? 



Why? because it is not customary ; that is true, but is 

 it not all within the limits of honor, candor, sincerity and 

 propriety, if both parties believe that such charts or deline- 

 ations are useful in imparting correct indications of natural 

 tendencies ? 



If neither place confidence in phrenology they will not 

 give consideration to the matter ; but what we call attention 

 to is this : Whether phrenology be a science or not, it pro- 

 poses, in this matter of selecting partners, a course which, 

 compared with the ordinary methods, commands our unqual- 

 ified respect ; it recognizes at the outset the absolute need 

 of correct data, it proposes to give the lady as full informa- 

 tion as it asks of her, it recognizes .the transcendent import- 

 ance of the marriage relation, it steps out into the light, 

 makes no pretence, and accepts on the honor of a gentleman 

 as strictly confidential that which it asks the lady to receive 

 in the same spirit. 



No language can be too strong to condemn the careless- 

 ness, the duplicity and the ignorance with which the relation 

 of marriage is too often assumed ; and we ask our critics to 

 tell of a better or as good a method as has herein been 

 described. 



What has Phrenology to Offer. .Let us consider 

 what phrenology has to offer on the choice of marriage 

 partners. 



To found a family is a great affair ; of all that man is 

 permitted to accomplish this stands first and highest. To 

 own broad acres is something, to build a great name in 

 business or in civil office is something ; but how poor is a 



