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ments and dispositions in their real situa- 

 tion, in the head ; yet, as the brain aiFects 

 the heart and other parts of the body, man- 

 kind have been induced in all ages to be- 

 lieve them situated in the more evidently 

 affected organs ; still, I could not but feel 

 surprize that so late and so eminent an 

 anatomist and physiologist as Bichat should 

 represent the heart to be the seat of feel- 

 ing, and the head of thought. Anger and 

 fright may greatly augment or diminish the 

 actions of the heart ; yet the intelligence 

 producing either of these emotions was 

 conveyed by the eye or ear to the brain ; 

 first affecting the mind, and secondarily 

 the heart. Good sentiments and disposi- 

 tions, with serenity of mind, seem to make 

 " the bosom's lord sit lightly on its throne," 

 and produce sensations which may be said 

 " citxa precordia ludere^ Whilst, on the 

 other hand, " some sorrow rooted in the 

 memory, some irrasibly written troubles of 



