SENTIENT PRINCIPLE. 21 



Upon such a course of observations, Gall and 

 Spurzheim have constructed their system. And 

 now they call upon the scientific world to apply 

 their rules to all the cases which occur to each ob- 

 server, in order to test their system. The follow- 

 ing is a description of their rules in substance. 

 We have omitted their minute subdivisions, which 

 seem to have been the result of that excessive 

 zeal which men often feel for a favorite theory. 



PHRENOLOGICAL FACULTIES. 



ORDER I. 



The FEELING FACULTIES. These are located 

 in that part of the cranium which is usually cov- 

 ered with hair. Some of these are found ia other 

 animals. 



ORDER II. 



The INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES. These are 

 located in that part of the cranium, which is usu- 

 ally destitute of a hairy covering. None of these 

 are found in any animals but men. 



Men are said to be more strongly predisposed 

 to be controuled by their feelings, or by their in- 

 tellectual faculties, as the volumes of those two 

 parts of the head bear relation to each other, mea- 

 suring from the passage into the ear. 



GENERA. 

 The first order is divided into 



Genus 1. Propensities. This genus of facul- 

 ties includes the lower part of the order. Com- 



