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The foregoing representation of human 

 nature, when viewed in its proper Hght, 

 and with due attention, must, I think, 

 please every one ; for it is not hke others 

 heretofore presented to us, which appear 

 in comparison but as mere diagrams, the 

 result of study and imagination ; whilst 

 this seems like a portrait from life by mas- 

 terly hands. It is not, indeed, exactly like 

 any individual, but capable, by alterations, 

 of being made to resemble every one ; so 

 that by the help of a few touches we are 

 able readily to shew " Virtue her own 

 image. Vice her own deformity," in all 

 their diversities. 



■ I had great gratification in being inti- 

 mate with Dr. Spurzheim whilst he re- 

 mained in London, and in a kind of ba- 

 dinage I proposed to him questions which he 

 answered with facility, and in a manner that 

 shewed a very perfect knowledge of human 



