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according to the degree or direction in 

 which they are exerted, they only attempt 

 to account for facts of which we are all 

 conscious. Men are by nature brave or 

 fearful, generous or covetous, candid or 

 cunning, fickle or determined ; and these 

 original qualities, though they admit of 

 being controlled and suppressed, cannot be 

 altogether annulled. Our great student of 

 human nature and conduct, whose repre- 

 sentations of them must ever render him 

 the delight, admiration, and glory of his 

 country, has also metaphorically pourtrayed 

 that mixture of good and evil which be- 

 longs to the human character. " Our web 

 of b7min is as a mingled yarn, the good and 

 ill together ; our virtues might be proud, 

 if our vices whipp'd them not; and our 

 vices would despair, were they not cherished 

 by our virtues." 



There is nothing in the assertions of 

 Drs. Gall and Spurzheim contradictory to 

 the results of general observation and expe- 

 rience. It is admitted that the superior in- 

 tellectual faculties can and ought to control 



