Lectures on Phrenology (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Lectures on Phrenology The current coin of eulogy, "gorgeous fancy," "thrilling eloquence." "withering sarcasm," "effulgent grace," would be all inappropriate if applied to him. His language is full and flowing; his style familiar, chaste, earnest, and unambitious. You see from the first that he has a passion for truth; that his great aim is to enlighten the understanding, elevate and purify the feelings; and in his intentness of purpose to accomplish that aim, all clap-trap artifices are elbowed off the stage. His subject is arranged in natural consecutiveness in his own mind, and imparted in that order to the minds of others. His ideas do not bustle and jostle for precedence, each has its adjusted place wherewith it must be content. He states his propositions clearly, and proceeds at once to adduce the most striking analogies, appropriate illustrations, and convincing proofs, making every proposition, as far as practicable, the foundation of that which succeeds. By this methodical mode of procedure, the memory is greatly aided, and the judgment much gratified. It is said by Voltaire, that the art of interesting is the art of writing. The saying is eminently applicable to lecturing, and this art Mr. Combe possesses in a great degree; few can better rivet attention, or more intensely interest the nobler feelings of our nature. This sketch would be incomplete without reference to that under current of humour which tin often sparkles to the surface, lighting up with peculiar brilliancy the lecturers vivacious eye, and affording amusement while it is used to impress on the memory important facts and principles. In conclusion, I would say that the lecturer creates an interest in himself as great almost as in his subject, not by egotism in any of its Protean forms, but by the union of profundity of thought with simplicity of manners and benevolence of disposition. As he proceeds, the conviction wins imperceptibly on the mind that the forms one of that noble class - the great and good. Mr. Combe landed in New-York, September, 1838. His arrival was hailed by phrenologists with peculiar interest and pleasure, and he was received by all with the respect and courtesy due to his high character and beneficent labours. On the 10th of October following, he commenced at Boston his first course of lectures in the United States, to a somewhat numerous an highly intelligent audience, a great proportion consisting of members of the learned professions. Of these lectures, the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal remarks, "With a few interruptions, we have bestowed a thorough attention on the lectures of this distinguished philosopher, since their commencement in Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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