information relative to the nature of man, 

 and the means of improving his mental 

 faculties and moral character, came to this 

 country, he met with but very few who 

 would give the subject he proposed to 

 them that patient attention and consider- 

 ation which are necessary for its clear 

 comprehension, or that continued exami- 

 nation which alone can enable any one to 

 form his own opinion respecting the merits 

 or truth of his system. General atten- 

 tion, therefore, to Gall and Spurzheim's 

 opinions seemed to have subsided in this 

 country, when a most able and eloquent 

 advocate came forward in their behalf, 

 asserting the superiority and excellence of 

 their system of phrenology, and his own 

 conviction of the correctness of their pro- 

 posed mode of physiognomical enquiry. 

 In his judgment, respecting the former 

 subject, I readily concur, but am incompe- 

 tent to giv^ an opinion upon the latter ; for 

 when I first heard Dr. Spurzheim's lee- 



