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the general reader, however uninstructive they may- 

 be to the professed physiologist or metaphysician. 

 We shall then advert shortly, first to those distinc- 

 tions which separate mankind specificially from all 

 other animals ; and secondly, to such points of variety 

 as distinguish men among themselves. 



THE SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MAN AND 

 OTHER ANIMALS. 



Peculiar character of the Head and Brain. 



The first of these points which seems to call upon 

 us for some attention here, as distinguishing man 

 from all other animals, is the character of the human 

 head and brain. That these parts of our material 

 frame are intimately connected with our intellectual 

 faculties cannot reasonably be doubted. It must 

 not, however, be forgotton that connexion is one 

 thing and identity another; and that the line be- 

 tween the mental faculties and cerebral organs is 

 clearly drawn; that one is no more to be confounded 

 with the other than the telescope with the eye, or 

 the musical instrument with the performer. 



As the head contains the organ of thought, and 

 is also the seat of mere animal sensation, its pecu- 

 liarities are worthy of the utmost attention. The 

 proportion of its parts in the human subject indicate 

 a predominance of the powers of thought over those 

 of sense ; for we find in man when compared with 



