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perhaps is just rs far behind the pro-
gress of science, the ancient natural philosophy
with its four primitive elements, Is behind mod
ern chemistry, with its forty simple substances.
This system, at the present day, actually divides
the opinion of the learned with the science of
phrenology nor was il an invention OF Gerard;
it was only illustrated and developed by him.
Now suppose DR.. Sewall, dssecling-knife in
hand, should attack the system Of Gerard; what
havoc would he not make According TO DR..
Sewall, Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Keith, the mind
must be unit, alike in all individuals, and IN all
individuals, all It's faculties, t 1T has them at all,
in the same proportion-and it must, OF course,
be absurd TO talk Of man having more memory
than imagination, or more imagination than
Judgment! Now, which are We to believe, the
dissecting knife Of DR.. Sewall, or those facts and
that experience which lie open to universal OBJ
servation? | think common sense, II not un-
common sense, pronounces in favor OF the latter.
But mean no dsparagement to DR.. Sewall;
saw 10 him 90 on--truth is only TO be ascertained
by painful analysis-ii must undergo many modes
Of trial, and must do the DR.. justice to say that
he has thrown difficulties i'll the way OF phrenol-
ogy, and has attacked it more successfully than
any other person. All wish, is TO see fair play.
do not like to see inquiry, on any subject cut
short by witty sarcasm, like that OF MIR. Adams,
or doctrines well or -sustancd crushed by the
mere we ght of name carrying with 1t high and
deserved authority, even if it were the name of
the Stagyrie himself. | will give my own name,
although it has not the weight of feather, com
pared with that of Mr.. Adams, because am NOT
of disposition to shout IN arrow at any one
from behind "a bush.


IL. M. BRACKENRIDGE