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each other to see who shall learn most. 

 We will not slumber whilst they are toiling ; 

 but prepare for them, in their absence, as 

 much amusement and instruction as our 

 columns will contain. When we meet again, 

 we will be even better friends than ever ; for 

 we love to direct the minds of our youth. 

 So employed, we feel young as the youngest. 



We had intended to have said a few words 

 about " St. Valentine's Day ; " but our space 

 forbids us to do more than hint at it. Al- 

 ready we observe flaming missives of furious 

 love, rampant in ihe shop-windows. Cupids, 

 highly-colored, blushing deeply ; and maidens 

 of all ranks simpering up, in " colors of every 

 hue," with evident intentions of killing some- 

 body. What unhappy, overcharged, inflated 

 hearts, too, do we see — panting to be 

 "broken!" Who could "break" them? 

 Not we ! 



Then those funny little chapels of ease ; 

 and those churches, — so conveniently situ- 

 ated to rivet Hymen's magic chain ! And 

 see how the sun grins at that bilious-looking 

 parson, who is rehearsing the " matrimonial 

 service," in anticipation of" a job," followed 

 by his fee (fo ! fum !). And what piercing, 

 wickedly-sharp piercing arrows, are those in 

 that glittering quiver yonder ! In sober 

 truth, that bellows-faced Cupid means some- 

 thing desperate. Look at him. He has 

 drawn a sigh that ought to cleave the hardest, 

 stoutest heart, into four pieces. 



Young ladies ! beware. Cupid is a droll 

 little fellow. He is called " harmless ; " but 

 all his arrows are tipped with a poisonous 

 sting ; which, if it enters deep into your 

 heart, — look out ! There is more in it than 

 meets the eye ; and believe us, there is, more- 

 over, " danger" in itf Our poor postmen, 

 happy in their ignorance, will, on Tuesday, 

 the 14th inst., scatter some millions of fire- 

 brands over the world, — the consequences 

 of which who shall dare to foretel ? 



Once again, — young people, beware of 

 February 14 ! 



LOVE AND FANCY. 



Why is Love for ever changing, — 



Bee-like, ever on the wing ? 

 O'er the sweetest flow'rets ranging, 



Tasting but to leave a sting ? 

 Flirting now with summer roses, 



Seeking now some newer prize ; 

 Where a moment he reposes, 



And again inconstant flies ? 



'Tis not Love that thus is changing ; 



His home is in the maiden's heart ; 

 Can he then be ever ranging ? 



From such a home, oh who would part? 

 Clouds may darken o'er her bosom, 



Even yet young Love will stay ; 

 'Tis his pride to shield the blossom, 



Not to bear its bloom away ! C.J. 



PHRENOLOGY FOR THE MILLION. 



No. LI.— PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BRAIN. 



BY F. J. GALL, M.D. 



( Continued from Vol. IV, Page 3Q0.J 



Since sad experience shows us that the class 

 of criminals we last spoke of, is not led by repent- 

 ance, or by natural remorse to resist their violent 

 inclinations, it only remains to produce in them 

 an artificial conscience; that is to say, a clear 

 idea, a lively conviction of the immorality of their 

 actions, and of the disorder and mischief which 

 must result from them — not only for society, but 

 for themselves ; or, in other words, these men 

 have more need than any others, to have supplied 

 from without, what is wanting in them on the 

 part of their internal organisation. 



And here, again, appears a principle, which, 

 however opposed to the precipitate conclusions of 

 rash and inconsiderate persons, is immediately 

 derived from a particular study of human nature 

 in detail, viz. th t the greater and more obstinate 

 the resistance which is offered by the natural 

 dispositions and habits of men, the more necessary 

 it becomes to multiply and strengthen the con- 

 trary motives — the more necessary it is to propor- 

 tion the punishments, and the more perseverance 

 it is necessary to use, in combating them; so that 

 if we cannot conquer, we may at least restrain 

 and paralyse their exercise. For. the question 

 no longer concerns internal criminality, nor justice 

 in its most rigorous sense : the necessary protec- 

 tion of society is concerned in the prevention of 

 crimes, and the correction of evil-doers, and in 

 placing the community in safety from the 

 attempts of those who are more or less incorri- 

 gible. 



The degree of Culpability and of Expiation differ 

 according to the different condition of the 

 individual, although the illegal act and the pun- 

 ishment be essentially the same. 



I foresee with pain, that many years will elapse 

 before my doctrine on the nature of man will be 

 universally adopted. And even when this period 

 shall have arrived for physiologists, instructors, 

 philosophers, yet legislators will delay much 

 longer to apply it to the criminal legislation. 

 The laws are to them a sort of religion,, the least 

 modification of which appears to them a heresy. 

 It is not a single enlightened man, it is an 

 assembly of several men, who make the laws ; 

 and where shall we find a mass of legislators 

 possessing equal knowledge? It is then to be 

 feared that the true wants of human nature may 

 yet remain too generally misunderstood, to allow 

 the criminal code immediately to overcome this 

 multitude of obstacles, prejudices, ancient customs ; 

 which hold it bound to the cradle of its infancy. 



The penal code determines the nature of crimes 

 and misdemeanors, and then fixes the punishment 

 to be inflicted. It is the nature of the act itself, 

 which furnishes the measure of punishment; 

 without regard to the person committing the act, 

 or the person expiating the crime. Without 

 doubt, we shall meet too many difficulties in pro- 

 ceeding otherwise, and this is judged to be the 

 only means of obtaining perfect equality and 

 impartiality in the administration of justice. But 



