, 1881-12-30
LARGE BRAINS AND SMALL.


LARGE BRAINS AND SMALL
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l1as tho AvorHEe Human slzo 1ecn
Growing Ac*s sf-thastcrs VINO alo!a'
IHnl u AtMs-"rasey"rM 1csnoMy ~
~, ".1 n.e'maI IT,, :, ,1...s.,s, ,.sn 49,.
W" ''''"''cI Eat.h"r, ss" sea,,a,an, o'''"'
't'hs hrn,n is universally rucoruizetl ps the
orvnn Of mind. MD the size Ut thls organ IS
very u,,,,erulIv taken os HI index Of mental
co,,aeifv !. III. brntus hayu co,uo tv bv s1,g.
ursttyo of srrnt minds. wl,!io It Is nil u,l-
.n,,,,trd fo.s tl,nt ,f,c nt,ss,,ss]uu uf n brain
,..,,,, r,,t, ai,,, :, r,,rtni ,mint,n,,n .,a,,.l.
0rl OF weight Implies 'tliocy On the part
of It's unfortunate uosseSsOr N. DrOcn
,,ln.cs thu luwe1t limit Of trat,,- weight COM
,,n,,nIo with h,,mm,, i,ncIlIrp,,cr at tblr-
ty-soven ounces I'll n'h'cs anu a'lsv.tMo III
fclnnlus, the nyernga brafn-weight Ut Euro
umnus heinz nbuut forty-nf,lu ou1,ces, WlIeth.
sr tl's possession Of ,,,ore tIan tue ayerags
aNa.',s u otN'n ',ss snpes tl'o ',,. p.se"su -.
more than average Intelligence Is Question
that hus given risH to much discussion. 1t
- "uoaptsa tsst that to Ssfy s ,nns nsa
ws'enta "'o "eas'u"aS .,s. 4" -. psr ,,..''.
Whose mental requirements ake cei10'l'iy nos
abose tho average. Out Of III brain'we'Ehts
Of a,lult Scotsncn. Dr. peacock found TINT
lo"r, a' oe'o"sns ~ ar.7's' @ mo' s,s,t' ~ t"l
Us could DO leaflled, na't hot oech u4s'!'l'
g,sca AMONG theIr fellows , ny saper'ot ,. aTnil ~.
ol,i,ces each. while the heaviest brain OH
nmvl raonr,iH H. yo,rh"a .i~tr,seran o,,ncrs-be.
iuuo.MT o.l ~ "I'sI hs,rH,osor s % nr MorrIs who
cIlronlclcd the ease, was told That tho man
"hnd IL good memory and WIS fond Of
| ,,o,it,es hwt ,t,,ot il. cm,id neither rand nor
uv' ,"rt..' y ,vno.a"sr 1,,s ntentinIitics mirht
| wflle." NMnteVef als pule'Il",slcs nl1Gh'
llnye been, lit is evident" says Dr. Morris,
"tl,at Ills nctua requirements were not
! great" The ,,0ll4aeyulopnent OF superior
!ncntal power IL such cnses n!ay, however.
joarning, bit tn tiu absence OF the cold d(tons
necess,iry TO its growth. Cortain It ~, that
among tho et!ngAtett md Intelligent classes
s n,ca{s Psf Of a ns iS ess .sssst sIfts5t td psopu @
weights above tifty-ilyo ounces llns heol u.s.
ccrtalncd tu b. ,only from to o per cont,
bsa,, distinguished for great intellectual NC
ut,arcmt,,,ts Is ut lenst :sD prr cent,
*Tho bruin-welgl,ts OF only twcnty.thrco
sue!! wen aFs ,iesM,ately 81, k'io%': s1d i tis j.
been obtnil1el, With few exceptions, thesu
wure iii above tho average enpaolty OF. 10
OUNCES. First in t'ls respect COMICS tho cple.-
@ n%sa1t sess SoSwy GSys1 % " t sos sat.
Schiller, eacii with Ul (;oodslr, thu aliato-
51T. Sir Jaincs Simpson With ii. mid Ci1nl-
| ulers will, So, That sllell men lls Gladstone,
brniil- -wefEItt l1,hy be inferred from Il stnte-
ilie,It iately moltc public Of the size Of Int
worl, i,y tileso md i number OF ot!ler living
or recently dccuiscd statesmen and lfttera-
taurs. Promising tllut What ii know, to tic
trtin MS sIxu i il Tint Of tlle nyerugu ltenI,
wifi nrcsill,ublV fUrty.nItlu OUNCES 81 blain,
AMI t,nt TX is n Aiza 10 large Ms only 10 bv
i,a,,e whe,l sIIeciUlIy ordered, It nppgurs that
mi If fn,,rtrrn n.lslIls Wl,usn ],at sizes nrD
nfvcI,. tWn T,or,l Chelmsford aid DrN,l
Stalliey] wcro bcluw, willie other two {Lortl
n"n.,,;4i,niI AMI ti,a Iiril,en nf Wales, werl,
yHs,lGtt a91v ~! T., % the n yrnre III t,a ntli"Ts
SiSSn;,s. Ss,Gorne, ai,I Ds!ght, re0W!.eI u; !;
Erri Rnsselj. ": LurI Xaeauiay, GisslstotiHc,,
I an,i trnn.tst.,nv ~: j.u,,is j;hiiInM. fN
n,, aaT tl,n rchhtshn, IF YnrE. 4 fnIi. IL iii,
; III: II :,iist,nwuis1rT inen alrs,,ly referred Ia
who.s hTaiu.wuixtats uro smUw,i. four. tr.
,ninr Mg1u liz iots isrnr ii,tpi,"s H,,n,"tr mil
.r"r,, ,1 ~" eli1oinctst NJ. Iisfi,'ntIv III.
m 4. ,"ur,. u sl,uwI,.v. nv If. i,nstia1,
oM w ~ r. nn",t .,17,'r si,nt 40 s~"Ii