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Section 9. Comic powers. Those faculties 
which are adapted te the perception and perform- 
ance of mimicries, and te comic and witty sayings. 
Location. The upper corners of the forehead, 
and extending down the outer limits of it half way 
te the eyes.* 
Remarks. 
In estimating the nine sections of the head, gen- 
eral dimensions should be considered in most cas- 
es ; and no head can be a fit subject for examina- 
tion which has been enlarged or distorted by dis- 
ease. Sections 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8, should be esti- 
mated by considering the dimensions of the brain 
from the passage inte the ear. Section 2, should 
be estimated by the diameter of the head immedi- 
ately above the ears. Sections 5, 7 and 9, should 
be estimated by comparing their prominent or 
compressed state with the adjoining sections. 
It is supposed that a well proportioned head 
indicates intellectual strength, but want of mental 
activity. And that a head whose sections are 
greatly disproportioned to each other, indicates 
great activity in the prominent locations. These 
two rules are said to be founded on many obser- 

*Gall and Spurzheim have weakened their system by descending 
to 33 minute subdivisions. Sectzon 1, is divided into amativeness, phi- 
loprogenitiveness, inhabitiveness and adhesiveness. Sec. 2, combat- 
iveness, destructiveness, constructiveness, covetiveness and secretive- 
ness. Sec. 3, cautiousness, conscienciousuess, firmness, love of appro- 
bation, self-esteem. Sec. 4, benevoleace, veneration, hope, ideality. 
Sec. 6, individuality, locality. Sec. 6, form, size, weight, momenta. 
Sec. 7, colouring, order, time, number, fune, language. Sec. 8, com- 
parison, causality. Sec.9, wit, imitation. 
Those who wish to study the faculties, as here enumerated, are re- 
ferred to Dr. Bell’s edition of Combe’s elements of Phrenology. Dr. 
Caldwell, of Transylvania University, has published a work on this sub- 
ject, which is said to possess great merit ; but I have not been able to 
obtain a copy of it. 
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