The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-17

noIancc, is that the science of phrenoloey is
q humbug. This objection IS always made
by those whose heads are cracked, or, If they
are not, certainly ought 20 be- OF course
there being nothing TO answcro here, | can
answer nothing.
Another objection is that it destroys NOR
al agency, for man with a bad organization
viii ,leccsscriiY lie bad man, and man
with good organization will necessarily bc
good.
In this objection th,re is something TO an.
-wer
We answer that there is 10 organ which
the good God has given as which is bad they
are all GOOD. Please remember thls because
it is Il very important po.nt, and when We
.ay that % man has a bad head we moan that
he has too large a development OF the lower
organs and too small q development Of tie
hicllcr. That there is not a proper balance
in the brain. When a man has too large q
ieyaln.mcrt, say OF amitiyencss, deStruc-
t;seucSs efd cuplpatiyensss a. vhassAsv.s.s A..
tis sfnnsaiersce, frmness bcnevolcnce K bis
causality--w what does phrcnOogy say 10
him i.-Sir, your animal nature - too large
for your moral and intellcctual--yOu have
.hc means put into your power ~ restrain
the propcnsitcs, and TO in'arge tlc scuL-
mcnts--you are responsible for this power
therefore do 50. But stay away from tcnpta-
tons make friends Oi moral and religious
mcn-cultiy,tc pray ycr---steal not, lie not,
cndcayOr 20 be honest, and by proper cJltl-
yaiiOn your moral aad mental viii grow ana
your animal nature FOR want Of cultivation,
viii decrease. On precisely the same priG-
ciplc that u IN n by proper physical cXcF-
else viii dcyrlopo, and strengthen his mus
cular trcngth-whcreas If he Id,cs about do
in nothing, taking no exercise whatever,
his ibres viii relax and should he continue
in this coursc always he will become weak as
child Exercise is heavens appointed
means to strengthen, and the law is ia, same
in the mental as well as in the physical econ
omy.
You ask what Is 10 bc made Of q man who
has no mental or moral qualities.
Ask the question Of yourself and you Will
receive the proper answer, and that is you
can do nothing--you ask me in other words,
what can phrcnclogist do with an IDIOT
echo answers what
Ask physician what he would recon-
mend you to DO with an individual who had
got weak lungs, and he will give you, it is
presumed, proper adyice--but ask what you
are to do with ala individual devoid Of lungs,
anl see what he would say.
Ignorance in reference to phrgnologv be.
gct- many silly, trlhing and foolish qu. sti0ns,
which would never be asked if We could get
our men and women, yes and our ministers
aud doctors to c3ade~eHd, to study them.
selves by the light which this science throws
on mental philosophy.
1t j. urged again that phrenoiogy contra
diets scripture. Il would require al essay
Itself 10 enter this department fully.
think phrenologv beautifully illustrates
some portions ofthe Bible. Take the para.
bic ofthe talents as an example. The Lord
gave unto one man one talent, to another
two. to another five Ca his return TO the
house, they were called together to render up
an account He who had received the five
tul,uts came and said he had made them ten.
He who had got two had made them four.
lie that bad got one talent had made no use.
nfit Mhateyer. The last was curscd-thc
others were blest " hat docs this parable.
mean2 Does it mean that we all came into
the world alike in the Lumber Of our talents,
and that circumstances determine their
strength ard size; Not at all. 1t clearly
points to the true Psychological idea, that
there are dovcrsities Of talents HuGurdIiy
among ankind-tAst these talents or pow
crs or organs, or whatever else You like 10
call them, can and ought to be improved
that he who has got one talent should en-
deayor TO make it two. He that has got
two make them four lie that has got five
make them ten.
All that phrcnolo2y docs is to account for
the otherwise insc.utablc mystery. How
comes il we find a man with one tlrut and
another with ten, on no other system OF
mental philosophy can you account lpr the
natural diversity Of powers and talents Of
mind which We see existing among mankind.
How beautifully does phrenoloyy coinsldc
with scripture wien it says:
"To whom much is given, Of them much
shall be required, and TO whom little is Civ.
en-, of them little shall be required,
God will not require the same from the
Manchester idiot as he will do OF Henry Clay
nor of Brown, hanged at Peoria, as he will OF
George Combe Of Edinburgh.
There are no two opposite truths in Scrip
ture-soarrh the Bible through, and the
truth of this parable is proclaimed in all its
pages. If so, and wc hold it 20 be demon.
stable to the intelligence of any unprcju-
diced minds; then phrenology and scripture
are agreed, and instead being ofcontradictory
are in complete harmony.
TO answer all the o6iccti0nsto to phrenoocy
! have no time for such work. | might
mention two or three in addition to those
already given.
1t is said that the external formation Of
the skull does not correspond with the inter
nal formation Of the brain. We answer that
the brain is first formed and then the GOV
eriug for it and that the thing covered docs
give a correct shape to that which covers 1t.
Again il is objected that there is no such
protubcrar ces as those which the phrcnolo-
gSt claims TO those who make such an
objection, We merely have to say tina; unless
YOU open your eyes YOU cannot see--unleSs
you observe and mark the different shapes
oft the Uranium, you Will never be able to find
out what others more industrious than your
self have done before you.
Again, it is said the science does little or
no good. To you it may not, but you study
its truths, and my word and my experience
for it, you will rise from the study a much
wiser man than when you sat down.
knowledge is power, it is case, satisfaction
tbs exquisite enjoyment. Seeyondcr say
age gazing up towardsjhc. .suu witIntensc
dread as he secs it becoming gradually
by to him dark underlined ob-
ject gradually creeping over its disc. His
little boy who has been standing by his side
partalcs of his parents dread quickly they
ypnl ihpir wnv to the miserable WirWam