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XXvi INTRODUCTION.
long, the organs of the observing faculties are large;
and if the space forward from the point where the
line B meets the line AA be long, the reflecting organs
are large.
The space below B, and behind AA, manifests the
propensities common to man with the lower animals.
In the first figure the coronal region is small, indicating
deficient moral sentiments; the anterior
lobe is moderate in size, indicating average intellect,
and the animal region is very large, indicating great
vigour in the inferior propensities. It is a drawing
from the head of William Hare, who assisted the
notorious Burke in committing sixteen murders for
the sake of supplying a dissecting room in Edinburgh
with dead bodies.
Fig. II.
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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/m1/30/?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.