Individuals possessing moderate-sized brains easily find their proper sphere, and enjoy in it scope for all their energy. In ordinary circumstances they… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as… — George Combe Copy Share Image
The interval allowed was only five minutes, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects of the… — George Combe Copy Share Image
While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character as gentlemen,… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Fashion is not a real element of beauty in external objects; and to persons who possess a good endowment of Form, Constructiveness and Ideality,… — George Combe Copy Share Image
He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage. — George Combe Copy Share Image
A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on this account… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Individuals possessing moderate-sized brains easily find their proper sphere, and enjoy in it scope for all their energy. In ordinary circumstances they distinguish themselves,… — George Combe Copy Share Image
We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent facts in his cases,… — George Combe Copy Share Image
The friends whom I have are invaluable, and although not numerous they are sufficient for my enjoyment; and the texture of my own mind… — George Combe Copy Share Image
The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered… — George Combe Copy Share Image
They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive… — George Combe Copy Share Image
I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air… — George Combe Copy Share Image
