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liquors, poisonous drugs, too much or too little 

 exercise, undue indulgence of the passions, unne- 

 cessary exposure to vicissitudes of temperature 

 and bad air, that a beautiful organization and 

 sound health are confined to a very small number, 

 even in temperate climates, where they should 

 be almost universal. The human mind has also 

 been so filled with falsehoods and pernicious 

 prejudices, from infancy up to maturity, that its 

 native clearness in the perception of truth is 

 greatly dimmed, and the kindling power of 

 genius is still more rare. Nor is it to be ex- 

 pected that men should fully obey the laws of 

 nature and of the animal economy, until they 

 shall be more thoroughly understood. A correct 

 knowledge of the mean size of the thorax and 

 brain in infancy, in both sexes, would enable us to 

 regulate the employment of different individuals, 

 so as to create the most perfect physical, intel- 

 lectual, and moral organization. 



In regard to the influence of climate on tempe- 

 rament, it is maintained by Dr. Prichard, that the 

 African negro exceeds all other races in ihejirm- 

 ness and density of his fabric. (Nat. Hist, of Man, 

 p. 172, 1st Edit.) What is still more remarkable, 

 it is maintained by Menzel, that the choleric tern- 

 perament prevails in the north, the sanguine in the 

 south, the melancholy in the east, and the phlegmatic 

 in the west : that the will predominates in the 

 first, sense in the second, feeling in the third, and 



