tures, I candidly told him, that though I 

 admitted his opinions might be true, yet I 

 would never inquire whether they were so 

 or not ; because, I believed the proposed 

 mode of judging of one another to be 

 unjust, and likely to be frequently pro- 

 ductive of erroneous and injurious con- 

 clusions. 



But notwithstanding this resolution, I 

 did not absolutely shut my eyes against 

 those facts which obtruded themselves 

 before my view ; and I acknowledge that 

 I have been often struck with the coinci- 

 dence between the character and talents 

 of persons and the form of their heads, 

 which was such as is said to be indicative 

 of their peculiar dispositions and abilities. 

 The intelligence and candour of Dr. Spurz- 

 heim, however, induced him to say to me, 

 that it matters not how many coincidences 

 we may observe; one contradictory fact must 



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