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possess this last-mentioned sentiment in 

 very various degrees, cannot, I think, on 

 consideration, be denied. 



Adjoining to the organ of veneration, 

 Gall and Spurzheim think that they have 

 discovered organs of faith and hope, both 

 of which they consider to proceed from the 

 same sentiment. It is impossible to hope 

 for what we do not believe can happen ; 

 and if we believe expected good may take 

 place, we cannot but hope that it will do 

 so. That some persons have a greater 

 confidence than others in events which 

 they cannot actually predict or influence, 

 may be inferred from the conduct of man- 

 kind in general. 



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There are some persons who have a par^- 

 ticular susceptibility of mind, which causes 

 them to perceive so acutely and forcibly, 

 that it leads to exaggeration. They cannot 



