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LECTURE BY DR W. E. CHANNING. 177
I examined the heads of several of the children,
and found in one of them the moral and intellectual
organs favourably developed in proportion to those
of the animal propensities; this child is naturally
capable of much improvement. In another, the moral
and intellectual organs were very deficient in proportion
to the animal organs; and, in my opinion, he
is a moral patient, who should be superintended for
life; but the great majority presented that nearly
equal balance between the higher and lower organs
which renders the individual the victim of external
influences. This combination very generally prevails
among criminals, and institutions such as this,
which remove temptations from their propensities,
and supply stimulants to their moral and intellectual
faculties, are calculated to establish the habitual ascendency
of*heir higher powers, if any human means
will do so. It must be added, that the extent of moral
and intellectual cultivation which is supplied in
this institution, is by far too limited. Much more is
necessary to be done, to establish such characters permanently
in virtue.*
Nov. 6. Therm. 50 . Phrenology.-To-day, I
gave another practical lesson to my class on Phreno*
It is gratifying to observe, that a vast improvement has recently
been provided for in the prisons in Scotland, by the passing of the
Scottish Prison Bill. Mr Brebner, Superintendent of the Glasgow
Bridewell, and Mr Frederick Hill, Inspector of Prisons for Scotland,
among others, entertain sound and salutary views on the subject of
Prison discipline, and by precept and example are doing great good
to the country. 1840.
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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/m1/217/?q=%221838%3F%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.