"Phrenological" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... appear. America received scientific attention. It had been agriculturally worked up in 1818 by Cobbett, whose example was now followed by Shirreff and others. In 1839, George Combe subjected us to phrenological treatment, and had the frankness to acknowledge that it was impossible for an individual to properly describe a great nation. Afterwards came Lyell, the geologist, who did not, however, confine himself to scientific research, but also analyzed the ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 23, September, 1859 • Various
... plains without art or disguise: the cuckoo, as every one knows, is a singularly shy bird; it frequents the most retired thickets, and feeds on fruit and caterpillars. In structure also these two genera are widely removed from each other. Many theories, even phrenological theories, have been advanced to explain the origin of the cuckoo laying its eggs in other birds' nests. M. Prevost alone, I think, has thrown light by his observations [9] on this puzzle: he finds that ...
— The Voyage of the Beagle • Charles Darwin
... Collects and dissects marine animals. Attends meetings of the Plinian Royal Medical and Wernerian societies. Attends lectures on geology and zoology. Meets Sir J. Mackintosh. Spends three years at Cambridge studying for the ministry. Phrenological characteristics. Reads Paley with delight. Attends Henslow's lectures on botany. His taste for pictures and music. His interest in entomology. Friendship of Prof. Henslow and its influence upon his career. Meets Dr. Whewell. Reads ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin
... be quite a revelation to the reader. No subject has ever been so thoroughly misrepresented, even by learned men of acknowledged authority." In his "Scientific Phrenology," Dr. Hollander says: "In this volume I have laid stress on the strictly phrenological method of observing special parts of the brain, distinct lobes and convolutions, and comparing their size to development of the rest of the brain—which, if applied in conjunction with the study of the mental characteristics of our ...
— To Infidelity and Back • Henry F. Lutz
... of the great Scott," he said, pointing to an engraving of a heavy-looking person whose phrenological developments were a somewhat striking contrast to those of the ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 • Various
... any opinion as to the merits of the phrenological theories of Gall and Spurzheim, we may ask, what relation has this order to the law of development presented by Comte? Is there any imaginable connection between animal propensities and theological ideas; between social affections and metaphysical speculations? ...
— Christianity and Greek Philosophy • Benjamin Franklin Cocker |
