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George Combe

(1788–1858) Writer

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George Combe was a writer, best known for Elements of phrenology.

Quick Facts About George Combe

Born: October 21, 1788
Died: August 14, 1858
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Elements of phrenology

About George Combe

George Combe was a Scottish lawyer and a spokesman of the phrenological movement for over 20 years. He founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820 and wrote The Constitution of Man (1828). After marriage in 1833, Combe devoted his later years to promoting phrenology internationally.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by George Combe

The interval allowed was only five minutes, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects…

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While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character…

Acknowledge

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Fashion is not a real element of beauty in external objects; and to persons who possess a good endowment of Form, Constructiveness…

Beauty

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He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage.

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A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on…

Accounts

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Individuals possessing moderate-sized brains easily find their proper sphere, and enjoy in it scope for all their energy. In ordinary circumstances they…

Appropriate

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We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent facts in…

Accustomed

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The friends whom I have are invaluable, and although not numerous they are sufficient for my enjoyment; and the texture of my…

Enjoyment

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The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at…

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They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation…

Wisdom

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Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as…

Attention

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I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed…

Absence

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And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are…

Agents

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While some animals exhibit individual powers in higher perfection, man stands for their superior, not only in combining in his own body…

Animal

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I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the…

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