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all the senses. Again, our senses are not sufficient to give us 

 notions of the world. For one person with excellent eyes may 

 be far less observing than one possessing very poor ones. There 

 are therefore certain internal faculties, necessary in order to use 

 the senses, and there are corresponding cerebral organs. The 

 seat of these is the frontal region. The forehead presents difficul- 

 ties, on account of the occasional existence of holes or frontal 

 sinuses, as they are called, in the anterior lobe of the brain. 

 These however do not occur in children. The Antiques recog- 

 nised the forehead as the seat of the intellect. In the statue of 

 Apollo it is very large. It is not to be judged of solely by its 

 perpendicular or retreating aspect, nor to be viewed in front, but 

 observe the individual's profile and see how the forehead projects 

 from the temples. Some philosophers maintain that the senses 

 are sufficient to acquaint us with the physical properties of things. 

 The fallacy of this idea is rendered very evident by observing the 

 striking difference in degree with which individuals use their senses. 

 Children who receive what is styled their first education in such a 

 manner as to bear away from school the title of dunces, not infre- 

 quently manifest, in practical life, where they are engaged in self- 

 education, an acumen and successful application quite astonish- 

 ing. In treating of the faculties of the mind, we cannot follow the 

 metaphysicians, but the powers which they deem fundamental, phre- 

 nology ascribes to the action of the individual faculties. Thus 

 any power when active desires gratification, and accordingly will is 

 exercised by each faculty, and does not form a separate constitu- 

 ent element of mind. The intellect desires notions, and it is inter- 

 esting, in this matter, to observe the admirable provisions for hu- 

 man welfare. For, what notions are most requisite for us in early 

 life .'' Notions of things about us, undoubtedly. And we find 

 that children evince a strong desire for a knowledge of external 

 objects. Furthermore, the power of this tendency depends on 

 the cerebral part at the lower part of the forehead, just above 

 the root of the nose. It is observable that this organ of indi- 

 viduality gradually comes out after the age of six weeks. It pro- 

 duces a habit of looking, is the occasion of curiosity, and is gen- 

 erally small on account of the general inconsistency and ignorance 

 of mankind. There are several concomitant exterior diversities, 

 such as breadth between the eyebrows, the angle of the eye, and 

 the direction of the eyeball. Naturalists have the organ large, 

 the eyebrows and eyes far apart, and the intermediate cerebral 

 parts strongly developed. 



The organs called by phrenologists, size, form, color, and weight, 

 have likewise their residence in the frontal region, and in pro- 



