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Page iii
... doctrines , therefore , we assume no merit to ourselves ; we simply invite others to partake of a moral and intellectual banquet which we have enjoyed with the highest relish , and found to conduce to our happiness and improvement . The ...
... doctrines , therefore , we assume no merit to ourselves ; we simply invite others to partake of a moral and intellectual banquet which we have enjoyed with the highest relish , and found to conduce to our happiness and improvement . The ...
Page iv
... doctrine on which he and I differed , except concerning the functions of the organ No. III . * I continue to entertain the views expressed in my works in regard to it . I may now add , without indelicacy , that it was perhaps the only ...
... doctrine on which he and I differed , except concerning the functions of the organ No. III . * I continue to entertain the views expressed in my works in regard to it . I may now add , without indelicacy , that it was perhaps the only ...
Page viii
... doctrines directly in the page of nature . What I assert in point of fact , I have seen ; and what I maintain in argument , I have found confirmed by experience . Those who have attacked the doctrines , on the other hand , have not ...
... doctrines directly in the page of nature . What I assert in point of fact , I have seen ; and what I maintain in argument , I have found confirmed by experience . Those who have attacked the doctrines , on the other hand , have not ...
Page xii
... Doctrine of the Combinations , National Character and Developement of Brain , Objections to Phrenology , Injuries of the Brain , · Names of Organs adopted by Dr. Gall , 527 535 548 553 561 • 584 593 600 623 628 Organs in Previous ...
... Doctrine of the Combinations , National Character and Developement of Brain , Objections to Phrenology , Injuries of the Brain , · Names of Organs adopted by Dr. Gall , 527 535 548 553 561 • 584 593 600 623 628 Organs in Previous ...
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... doctrine was received by some , the effrontery with which it was claimed by others , or the knavery with which it was attributed to former physiologists , by those who could not deny and would not praise it . The very names of these ...
... doctrine was received by some , the effrontery with which it was claimed by others , or the knavery with which it was attributed to former physiologists , by those who could not deny and would not praise it . The very names of these ...
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