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were at once to decide from the form of 

 the head, and suspect or believe all those 

 who happen to be broad across the temples 

 of being covetous or crafty, he would surely 

 injuriously mistake the character of many 

 persons. 



It is said, that this system of physiog- 

 nomy will assist us in the education of 

 children. Yet their actions are sufficiently, 

 and I think more clearly, declaratory than 

 the form of their heads of their sentiments, 

 dispositions, and talents. Those who have 

 a taste for music or drawing, manifest their 

 fondness for those arts by their earnest 

 attention to the subjects of them, and their 

 abilities by the imitations they attempt of 

 whatever has particularly pleased them. 



It is asserted that this system of Physi- 

 ognomy may assist us in the cure of Insan- 

 ity. But how that dreadful malady is to 



