Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-02-23
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MARKS OF FOYALTY.

The more any OF he organs OF the
body are employed be more they are
developed in size. thus with regard to
the muscles or orgib of acting-inces-
SAINT use greatly enlfges the limbs of
porters, the calves & dancing masters,
the arms of sailors, he wrists of postiI-
ions, all the muscelon one side IN fen
GERS, sc. snd bag continued lnac'ion
causes then to become feeble, and to
dwlndle away. Just so with regard to
the brain O or,an of thinking lnces-
SAINT use cases Is expansion, & lnaciion
either reta Ids il growth or produces It's
diminntionI ad in the latter case.
though the whoe head may not seem to
grow less, the Ikull becomes thicker:
hence the circumstance unexplained by
physiologias, tht the skulls of tutultouS
persons wlo dlfin the hospitals are OF
ten found b be emarkably thick. Now,
as it appd ars tat the very necessity OF
thinking i. abridged in Princes by The
circumstances ii which they are placed,
and as, generally speaking, in proper
ton to these circumstances, the brain is
unemployed-itslight development or
its actual dimlntion in such persons, is
explained by tie preceding statement.
When we add 3 this, the consideration,
not only that al organization, whether
improved or dgenerated, is communI-
Gated TO childrn, but that, IN this case,
the degraded oTanization is every hour
still tnrther degraded by the operation
of the same circumstances on the child
which operate4 on the father, we can
not wonder al the peculiar Characters
tics Of the hbgly countenance, namely,
a low and iareating forehead, and ex-
banded organs of sense-a dlminution OF
the organ of thinking, and an increase OF
the organs o mere enjoyment. Ac-
cordingly, we find that the older the
dynasty and th more legitimate the race
if the head believed IN profile The more
does the forehead retreat from the root
of the nose, md the more do the nose
and the other ,aris of the face advance
from The samepoint. See the faces OF
all the brarthes of the Bourbons.
Their countennces, and that of Ferdi-
uahd VII. 10 particular, is truly royal.
Professor Caaper has shown, that even
among inferiG animals the face advan-
ces and The fGehead retreats as The spe-
cies diminished in intellect. From this
law there are some exceptions, which
are, however, very easily accounted for ;
but, generally considered, it is equally
true and important. Thus the forehead
of the monkey is more depressed than
that of the negro ; that of the dog more
depressed than that ofthe monkey; that
Of the horse more depressed than that
Of the dog; that of tine bird more de-
pressed than that of the horse and that
of the fish more depressed than that OF
the bird. The reason Of all this is, that
the brain or organ Of thinking diminish
es, and the organs ofsense proportional
ly increase as we descend among animals.
So well were the Creeks aware of the
importance of this Ia w--of the brain d.
minishing with the diminution of intel.
lectual power, that, in their immortal
sculptures, they have given even an IN
natural expansion to the head, and es-
pecialIy 10 the forehead, in order to
confer the most august character on
their heros, demi-gods, and gods.