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THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL

THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL
Il JOURNAL.-Vol. XVII, for 1853, de-
voted to Science, Literature, and General
Intelligence. Published by FowLERs &
WELLS, No. ISL Nassau street New York.
or l42 Washington street, Boston.
PHRENoLoGY, the science of MIND. in
cludes In its wide domain knowledge of
all the faculties, passion and powers of the
human soul: all the bodily organism over
which the soul presides, with its structures
and functions: and all the realm of pature
to which man is related, and with which he
should live in harmony. 1t includes q
knowledge of man and his relation to God
and to the universe. 1t is thus a central
and comprehensive science, beginning with
the constitution of man, and ending with
all his possible relations, spiritual and ma
terial. 1t is thus that self knowledge is the
basis of all knowledge.
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Phrenology, the science which unfolds to
man the laws of his own Physical, Moral
and Intellectual Being, will still command
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in fact, but applications and illustrations of
the principles of this science We shall
illustrate the varieties Of cerebral develop
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striking specimens of Human Nature, in
its highest and lowest, it's harmonious and
discordant, It's symmetrical and grotesoue
developments.
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