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CHAPTER V
Life Insurance-Phrenology-Popular Lectures-Pictures-Use of
Phrenology to Artists-Practical Phrenology-The Temperaments
-Development of the Brain in the Inhabitants of Boston-Police of
Boston-The Voluntary Church in Massachusetts-National Skulls
-Servants in New England-Future Prospects of the United States
-Aristocracy in America and England-Elections-The Sailor's
Church-Popular Lectures
Temperance-The License LawPhrenology-The
Supreme Courts-Mr Webster-The WeatherCommon
Schools-The Power of the People greater than their
Educational Attainments-Necessity of Improving Education in
the United States-Tremont Theatre-Mr Buckingham's Lectures
-Charlestown Lunatic Asylum-Elections.
1838.
Life Insurance.-In the course of conversation, it
was mentioned to me that there is only one Life Insurance
Company in Boston, one in New York, and one
veryrecentlyestablished in Philadelphia; but no other
in the United States, so far as my informant knew.
I asked the reason of this, seeing that these companies
are very numerous and useful in Britain. One
gentleman said, that early marriages, which greatly
increase the chances of the parents living to rear their
own children, and also the great facility with which
children can provide for themselves in America, render
the people less anxious about insuring their lives
than they are in old countries where the circumstances
are different. Another friend remarked that
capital here is so productive, that many persons believe
that they can do better for their families by
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/159/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.