, 1870-02-27
)NFIRMITIEs OF SPEECH
From 4ppletoa,s Jaus7li.

)NFlRM1TIES Of SKEdEA.
From, 4ppletoo>s .auy7a1.
Spe eck 4 The cpmmou COLI eurrent RI me oTtf-
laty intercourse OF life, 8s yell as re aGls Of
.1ccange drawn by eirqaeucs1 Poe =, = ~ 1870.
ply. uocn tue nuEsa mind. M i g,'rs = s,s, ca.sa
.efucnA By mt41s Of 1t We teo1d ouE ct.!::en,
.ay tTeet AID lender uo:t'rgs hssEe At oaI-
ana oeF es VIII aud ia
ye.ce ..xe bless Coo eytn ne Father. r asa = esss
tntl could be sa.a. NJ tfss uttered, 10 coHlofS~
tng var. to TIE sf71saes. 20 bitter, harsh J1ds-
rsert: ~ evil AID gtoa expression "o7ld be nuke
fur its proirct,cn there must be q neuary o.
Sa'sr, 70 tha: we raJ kro~ what to say. aad:
Nh Ts, Es les; s1e!s;o3@ @ q
traz-civ'rs sc out t-aga tstc,o!e form to toe
mental cor eapsscn. OF the t@o, memory ts most
tr'Es !: vcI5 of'tn refuses aIy reply when the
n,rc ears aoos u % sire tame OF da.e, Or It
reuts or verbs perhsrs-nrt rrsy ouiy renem-
ber oaths- OF. w1a. Is much orc rare. orly po1s
t1ses,ansss; sams,la s es ~ i slJls .;:2s ssonK
to utter WIN. the c Ind dd 60. :ct.ad 10 say. It
!. said tia. au irteuSent FEsEch i,ay WAS n tne
ably sweet aad gesisl e1oEe; SION OF co2oseaacee,
Eorneth,rR AZ foiloTs: Pc. animal, bt1pid foa1.
"a Al lie p1ecpsta,s eepssrare ot ae. saests. Fo1
he in,ended M 70 70 @ssJ: MY z s.teeued Ireods pay
e sss
,ne nensiy .aiss "a. n toTse.s evea ;;,e
to siee.satn his Own ZANE When he was asoas 70
lien SONG legal dosan Tnc stes1 is ;o'd .:
to taxing walk he wo2ld fumEuou a seEvan.. sad
SAY: airing me my-my-ug-" "Hat7'
ys s!1s e. e. ~ A'f Bat 1ea se coa Rs7es
speas the nsne ofanF article IN the room without
| btinR prompted tn fnss school boy tasntoe- Yet
he wrote loCx paperp, and delivered ctn.!aI dpln
tons Wlhou: the slgntes: hesitation Of spsech or
| fa:l.re Of EencrY- Examples Of these laDses OF
memory in the ratter Of nsues and cumoera arg
oDly fev days .go an ola l.ay ot our sea1alns.
arce TzI endeayotlrg 10 tell aomethtnR ahoat tna
ssspse 1as ssss sas An 1Ess eepse
{ss N eclipse IA apoat.JssTs 3D., Cd"
"rVs ,ess u. sse taan
1t was ore Ecre." "Ssx years o!d:" "Yez. I
az ysss o!e Wer: 70 sS9stmyoa aros
chickens went 20 reos1" An 5. this Ea'h her frsg-
| nentaty conversation went Gu to The end. In lrs
VAN endeATor to remember 1a1cs ana recall
Tnen, too, there Is verJ onea an ant1re forget
| tirE Of II! Notd1 except those expressing EtooE
| emotions, II oathB or cIclanA'0rJ phrases A.
menbs1ed rossrg except TIC wora ''1atoa,' =
j. without ny conieioasness tnss il did Dot eon-
ID &C. s.%e @ Of "a q Sd q
me- san q, ,,c ne game = 60 soasl.:,ss
z1osaef e1esea. man 1ss sos :;rsnpesy
psersd .se "a Wo1ds, Tne 10y Gao.t 1ne G5
fcrSef," often,Ees with ; pa.atnl in4ieroas ef-
aad was much troubled b. his habit. >
A. teIore stated, In addition 70 q perfe2a naeI-
o.y taese NEST ee an nndesssatdloE eet*sen 'as
!. dog s ntsiysliie words. wase tney !, ao: AZ
l. msnt u tn ! condition sitnilsr to ths.s bo5a =,
s9s; su1s.s,a So Who sss Is ps.:
from IN aissck OF fever. He uuaesasocd prricc::5
:, everything tnas was said TO him. aud could ,nskt
c-rn!rg MEMBERS, ou: could not ut:er .!agle
VOID, tot urt1e solitary le;ttr The go'dsn oort
fo sa sssa wv
> ttc muscles Ct toe toceue- Tals contiourl sev
: eraI nestas, asd .1aasnly p.ssea away. n
n n rent IN twa'n, ard 1nc7gns hecaue speean o-e
sns az az no9s 9ss' aa 81 s,eaty aS.ss'3 1,.!'
a ing syllable tan tap, n ansvtr % II inquiries
% let Ee Tas very intelligent. and his rucnory
~ tor inc uIst seventeen 5ears Of Ais 1e.idenc
" ,ns1s: l1 the msHnt{ q sassa n Wnssn aa !, -
h5 IS HtG o ,hs sae1e
~ The unfortunate man caunor toccttve IN zott
n what ae wishes 10 Fa,. nor can be repeat i
4
1' volee IL u1irpairet, and hts tongue moves read
: "a every direction. Els hra.n Ia as rsa't I
Hs lost wos. es atesue e1on Ct asas ssoa
may simply ee ttatcd ,ha. char Re OF s'r1esu
its ABILITY ID express :deax It c1n t1,nE as res,
~ 81 ever wnea the thonght Ia not 70 be express
ID werts, but oEly 1ela.es = runbs1s Of o,I=e
could Indicate ncmhers BY setting dorn maj
upen .!ate. nus could rot s5eak them. or vi
poser POI Of f sessfacs thooe1. % Is destSoiti, @ fol.
earning It on, the mfCh has % cesl with VOL
solely ~ the re.entatsses Of IDEAS.
Wherever 1t has been poss bic to e1sulne at
death INC brains OF taose suue.lu9 ftom las l.
Of atticuInte fpeect, Il has been tuu2d tnat !
l:t s;de tad inSaltsely Iece!yea tns M mar: -,
1e nsn to he s9s e.
Ct ees1a.S ees 10 u ne vnsa an ,e, nG 10
rfah. hemi.phers Of TIE brain caused foas
speech.
Does It. !tea, follow that phrenology Is rtsn
locating the a:Eerent faculties OF the mind
d:stincE quat;e1b Of the Train Not tn this
stance, st 1esak Hecaute, sccordIuE to the sra
so .s:s i etssaa II to t the ssoase
Of tpeecb, Nhlle VIC have stated that ouly the
s!det II necessary, and so ,peclas paH OF !!
Injury TO tna brain cannos oo -
cu,atelJ poiz.ed out Memory seems
sos es % l,s acp ena 20
nouon that y particular p.1ttou ls ret Apart 70
dnty Of reccrilnE psastp9 e.entE, Ike Joan
3an's Mr. RecoEseI, who held high pfaoe In
IoFu OF Aantodl. Fos example, I fall 10 renI
eeT Ia1ne OF a da:e, and mJ attention oe
turned to something else, think Eo MGre nh
II. Tet soMe time After, pefEa17 IN hour o.
day, without eyer recurring to tho mater 8V4l
suddenJ remember the dA'o had forRotte
anply becxu1e memory. Independently OF
otter faculties OF the HiCt. has been a. n
hunting cut the old records IN the q!
tsn!ta Of the br1th. May Wa ros Il
divide the hrxt1 into separate corp
tDenA, each under ths co1trol OF sorne vi
lacrltJ Of The nlnt, but Obliged 10 report 81 .
as may be 10 tie lntei1ect-the executive cent
Thus We may hAse the facu!ty or mcuory loci
in one psft Of The hfatp, SD the faculty Of spe
tn another. These s"o para Of t3e brain uA]
arAse1J, 70 that loss OF speech eitheF vtsh OF Y
out Impairment of memory nsJ resnlt- Ba. b
ever pfsusicse tns mhy be IL theory, and I:
seems much In favor Of TITS rlc~, Il
not Jet been possible 70 give tho tac
Of memory locae hahl.9tn1 a11 3 p
In the brhin- Possibly th'H may be 4
when the study OF mental eceuce IN lts
tonA to cerebral structure receives that atten
which II demands, but has hitherto been too 4
neglected hy psJcnoio4sts- +At Present. then,
uuaf, from lick o. POSITIVE knowledge 70 shs
Huy.coct1dcr memory function Of t1e Hscte q
l!ka thought or reaso7. but Fpeech-the oseN
be the product Of the LETT hemisphere Of the
a!oEe. Here, iher, tr8J be located the cxscu
rower OF the utrd~3ae force which CONN
Gates the Acts OF reaso1 and vatutton TO
world at lNEe.