48 SENTIENT PRINCIPLE. 



foral fascicles indicating higher degrees of sagacity, 

 until we arrive- at the order bnnanes, in which man 

 alone is found. Man has a different set of cere- 

 bral fascicles from any other animal. These fas- 

 cicles terminate in that part of the head called the 

 forehead, which, in most heads agrees in its boun- 

 dary lines with the limits of that part of the head 

 which is covered with hair. Many of the fasci- 

 cles terminating in that part of the human head 

 which is covered with hair, man has in common 

 with some other animals ; but those of the fore- 

 head are peculiar to man. 



RESIDENCE OF THE MENTAL FACULTIES OF MAN, 

 OR PHRENOLOGY. 



It is the opinion of some philosophers, that the 

 faculties of the mind are distinct and located j al- 

 so, that their particular locations may be ascer 

 tained by a long course of careful observations. 

 The facts collected by such a course of observa- 

 tions, have been arranged in systematic order ; 

 and the authors of this arrangement have denom- 

 inated it the science of phrenology. Many con- 

 sider this pretended science as mere quackery, 

 unworthy of any serious attention. Others have 

 treated it as a science, deserving particular at- 

 tention. It was scarcely noticed by men of sci- 

 ence in Europe or in America, excepting for pur- 

 poses of burlesque and ridicule, until the opinion 

 of the professors of the French National Institute 

 appeared in the printed journals. Though the 

 aystem of Gall and Spurzheim was not admitted 

 as a science, the serious manner in which it was 

 treated by a constellation of the greatest men of 

 this age, and their decided approbation in relation 



