Practical Phrenology: Giving a Concise Elementary View of Phrenology, Presenting Some New and Important Remarks on the Temperaments and Describing the Primary Mental Powers in Seven Different Degrees of DevelopmentFowlers and Wells, 1853 - 430 pages |
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