Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-06-30
Literary Gossip.--No. 10.
GEORGE CoMBE.

George Combe, the distinguished disciple of Gall
and Spuzhiem, was "bred to the bar.'' He studied
logic, rhetoric, and law Latin, till he past his ma
orty-deliyered an argument before the faculty of ad-
vocates at Edinburgh paid his fees and was admitted
TO practise before the Courts of his majesty George the
Fourths realm of Scotland. This admission to prac.
tise does not however, indicate either awyery apti.
tude, forensic ability; and many who have obtained
certificates of being qualified to bamboozle witness
and electrify jury, have had little employment for
their wigs, to bury their heads in Them and nc
more dign6ed occupation for their long black gowns
than to sweep the floor ofthat empty echoing prone
made, the Scottish Parliament house. The briefes.
barrsters of the Scottish Courts have however, beer
the most illustrous members of the faculty Malcolm
Laing, and Alison, the historians, Scott, Wilson, Lock
hart, and George Combe, though neither of these eye
gained Auditory paragraph il newspaper, for hi.
triumphs in the Courts, will be remembered longer thar
those gentlemen, whose green bags are stuffed with
briefs, and whose Offices are filed with green-painted
backettered, tn.boxes containing the deeds of rich
clients.
George Combe belongs to family of independent
thinkers. His father was skinner and tanner and
carried on business in little village called Gorgie,
about two miles from Edinburgh. His brother Abram,
who joined with Robert Owen in his schemes of social
regeneration, followed the profession of his father, and
his brother Andrew, the eminent Psychologist studied
medicine.
The publication of Combes 'sConstituton of Man, -
it sad obtained for George the proposal to accept the
hand Of the daughter of the celebrated Mrs Sddons
but, in consequence of hereditary tendency to con-
ne flat
lady would that the union should be strictly
Fiatonle This stipulation was accepted and the lady
brought, it is reported, $15O00O to her philosopher
lord. George Combe, is tall man, neatly and cleanly
dressed, with large, polished, bald head face demo-
tive OF conscious force, and having general expression
of great self esteem He is reformer but believes
that all permanent intelligent progress is dependent on
and necessarily successive correct system of educa
ton, chased upon the system of moral philosophy, as
indicated by the science Of phrenoogy. George
Combe has, for two years past been successfully en-
gagged in the establishment Of school in Edinburgh
upon the Massachusetts system. This was regarded as
most heretcal innovation by certain nervous people
and the clergy set themselves to denounce it, to preach
against it. and to pray for its speedy annihiation but
they only prosecuted it into strength, and is now
fourishing and efficient.
George Combe is philosophical methodist His
bump Of order is fully developed, and his ssTme'' is
Sarge so that everything he does is done when it
should be done and it is well done too The initiated
say that, in strict conformity with Dr. Andrews rules
OF detetics, George mastcates his food most thorough
ly; reposes with his feet upon high cushion during
haitian hour after every NEAL until the gustric Juice ha.
got sufficient hold of the almenal deposits and her
ne goes to take his airings This is doubtless mos
excellent sanitary process, and those dyspeptics who
are as ch as George Cobe is have no excuse if the,
do not pursue it. How many poor men wish they hac
the chance to try it!