"Craniology" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... taken from the language of his northern neighbour. With respect to their language, however, the Samoyeds are said to stand at a like distance from the other branches of the stem in question. To what extent craniology or the modern anthropology can more accurately determine the affinity-relationship of the Samoyed to other tribes, is still ...
— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold
... of craniology, as I have already said of physiognomy, that there is such a science attainable probably by man, but that we have yet made scarcely any progress in the acquiring it. As certain lines in the countenance are indicative ...
— Thoughts on Man - His Nature, Productions and Discoveries, Interspersed with - Some Particulars Respecting the Author • William Godwin
... sleeps beside The Ottawa's majestic tide! Perhaps I'd better mention here Who and what the "shiners" were, Who gave of yore such sturdy thumps, And brought forth phrenologic bumps Unknown to scan of craniology, With bludgeons or aid of geology. A band of Irish raftsmen, who Were to each other always true, Combined together, war they made, To banish from the lumber trade All French-Canadian competition By dooming it to abolition; ...
— Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants • William Pittman Lett |
