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sen ted it broad. I forbear to say more, be- 

 cause this is a subject rather of taste than 

 of science ; yet design all this, effect but 

 this, and you will form the front of Jove 

 himself. 



Doctors Gall and Spurzheim tell us that 

 brutes have a forehead and hind-head, but 

 they want the middle part of the head, 

 which is peculiar to man. Man is a 

 long-headed animal ; there is a great ex- 

 tent of brain between the fore and hind 

 parts. The top of his head is arched, and 

 in some individuals, in a peculiar degree, 

 so that the hair falls to either side, and 

 hence results the naturally parted forelock ; 

 and it is there that our new cranioscopists 

 believe they can discover signs indicative of 

 moral sentiments and excellence. Perhaps 

 some spice of vanity may be perceived in 

 Milton's description of the head of Adam, 

 for it seems to be copied from his own. 



His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd 

 Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks 

 Down from his parted forelock manly hung, 

 Clustering ; 



