of III. We now proceed to the last class. organs, those which constitute the peculiar prerogatives and glory of the human race, and which more eminently raise him above the brute creation. But here the But here the great argument in favour of Dr. Gall's theory, derived from analogy and comparative anatomy, altogether fails. When we consider, besides, that the organs still remaining are crowded into a narrow compass, comprising only that portion of brain on the crown of the head which the inferior animals have not, and that therefore the difficulty of ascertaining the seat of the organs is here greatly increased. Considering further, that the powers and dispositions of mind here distinguished, are not only the most important, but also the most recondite, concerning the identity or diver sity of which metaphysicians and psychologists are in great doubt. The reporter of G.'s doctrine cannot help expressing his regret here that he should be able to find so little argument and evidence in support of the fanciful suggestions of his author. But the subsequent organs may therefore be dismissed with greater brevity. These organs all lie on the crown of the head, or on the forehead, that august feature which the poet considers as the glorious cha racteristic of humanity. Pronaque cum spectent animalia cætera terram; The forehead rises in animals as they are advanced in the scale of intellect, but it is int man alone that the front assumes that graceful swell which is no less beautiful to the eye of taste than significant to the physiognomist. XXIII, The Organ of Rhetorical Acuteness. This organ lies on the middle of the forehead, above the organ of things, or of education, and beneath that of good nature. These three organs follow, therefore, in a strait line drawn from the glabella to the sagittal suture. It appears, therefore, simple on the forehead. The function or talent which G. supposes to be connected with this organ, which G. himself terms the organ of comparing acutepess, is principally that of popular speakers. Ovid Metamorph. 1. 1. v. 84. G. has G. has found this organ, generally, in priests famous for their pulpit eloquence, and in men gifted with the talent of quickly combining their ideas, and of supporting them by illustrations, allusions, parables, similies, &c.; in short the talent of ready recollection and lively combination, XXIV. The Organ of Metaphysical Subtlety. This organ lies on each side of that of rhetorical acuteness; it appears, therefore, double, and when strongly marked with the last organ, forms a prominent round swelling. It is to be observed on the forehead of Socrates, Kant, Moses Mendelsohn, and Fichte. The ancients, says G. had an obscure sentiment of the high qualities connected with this structure of the forehead. They always gave their Jupiter a front endowed with these attributes. Under metaphysical subtlety G. understands the power of abstract thinking, as opposed to desultory observation. XXV. The Organ of Wit. This organ lies at each of the outward sides of the organ last mentioned, and when strongly developed, without the two other organs last enumerated, it forms two balls on each side of the forehead, by the tubera frontatia of the os frontis. But when all are found together they form one great prominence, and these considered as constituting one complex organ, G. terms that of the spirit or power of induction, including the faculty of seizing and comparing all the various relations of things. G. began one of his lectures by saying,"What wit is I do not know;" a confession that might have been well extended to the other talents which he has thus partially united, while he yet considers them as distinct. It should be observed, that it is this part of the forehead, the beautiful swelling of which is considered as so significant of intellect, which G. observes to be often marked in children, and to retreat in advancing years; hence he formerly termed it the organ of observation. XXVI. Organ of Theosophy. This organ lies behind the organ of good nature, in the centre of the uppermost part of the os frontis. The forehead rises in the middle, and forms (when this organ is strongly developed) a kind of ridge which is frequently left bald. G. was, early in life, made attentive to the great proportion of bald headed persons whom he found at their devotional exercises before the altar, and at the same time he observed that structure of the crown of the head which has just been noticed, He afterwards made this remark on priests in general, particularly monks, and those who took the tonsure from inclination, He opened Lavater, and found that most of his pious characters were strikingly marked by this peculiarity. He recollected the national character and physiognomy of the Egyptians. He found that painters, who may well be disposed to be often, perhaps generally, led unconsciously by obscure feelings in their creation of original forms, had commonly chosen the same figure for the portraits of |