: CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM. PAGE: What the nervous system includes.—All conscious of possessing minds. The brain the seat of the mind.-The importance of the brain, and its appearance.-The cerebrum and cerebellum.-Spinal nerves.-Dr. Gall.-How he discovered Phrenology.—Brain divided into different organs.-Growth of the brain.-Size not a correct test of quality.-System in nature.-Plan or arrangement of the organs. 13-28 CHAPTER II. THE SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC CLASS. Amativeness; its definition and location.-The faculty of love between husbands and wives, brothers and sisters.-Philoprogenitiveness; definition and location.-Why the mother needs this organ.How children show it.-Man in Schenectady.-Pets.—Animals.— Children.-Actions of animals arise from the brain.-Adhesiveness; its definition and location.-New countries peopled.-Attachment of the bee, beaver, dogs.-Inhabitiveness; its definition and location.The home of childhood.-Attachment of the Swiss to their nation.Union for Life; its definition and location.-Concentrativeness; its definition and location.—Want of application.-Abstraction.—Social organs the foundation of all the others. CHAPTER III. SELFISH PROPENSITIES. 29-45 Combativeness; its definition and location.-Perseverance.-Energy.-Courage.-Destructiveness; its definition and location.Cruelty.-Love of contest.-Advantages of Combativeness.-Perver sion of this faculty.-Alimentiveness; its definition and location.Food, and its importance.-Evils of tobacco.-Stimulants.-Acquisi tiveness; its definition and location.-Misers.-Perverted Acquisitiveness.-Stealing.-Secretiveness ; its definition and location.Deception. Deception in school; should be corrected.-Why called Selfish Propensities. CHAPTER IV. SELFISH SENTIMENTS. PAGE. 46-67 Cautiousness; its definition and location.-Difference between caution and experience.-Example.-Fear.-Anxiety.-Bluntness of expression.-Approbativeness; its definition and location.-Sensitiveness.-Vanity.-Ambition.-Sam Patch.-Excess of this organ.— Selfishness.-Self-Esteem; its definition and location.-Independence.-Difference between honor and dignity.-Firmness; its definition and location.-Obstinacy.-Decision of character.-Mungo Park.-Robert Bruce.-Perseverance.-Use of these Selfish Senti ments. 68-88 CHAPTER V. MORAL SENTIMENTS. Conscientiousness; its definition and location.-Conscience a monitor. Truthfulness.-George Washington never told a lie.-Conscience of the Jew.-The conscience of children.-The Indian's conscience.-Resist evil companions.-Hope; its definition and location. -Bright anticipations.-Large promises.-Christian's hope.-Marvellousness; its definition and location.-All nations adore.-Superstition.-Juggernaut.-Want of Veneration.-Children should cultivate it.-Encouragement of the Savior.-Benevolence; its definition and location.—Some give time, others money.—True benevolence. -Disinterestedness. -Benevolence in Sabbath schools. -"More blessed to give than to receive."-Function of the moral organs.Of no use to say you cannot help it.-Moral nature the crown of glory. 89-117 CHAPTER VI. SEMI-INTELLECTUAL SENTIMENTS. Why called Semi-Intellectual.--Constructiveness; its definition and location.-Difference between Indians and white men.-Their Constructiveness.—How they live.-The particular channel of this organ.-Ingenuity of animals.-Conformation of their brain.-Ideality; its definition and location.-Early impressions durable.-Imitation in the family.-Imitation of the Chinese.-Parrots.-Mockingbirds.-Anecdote of the cat and monkey.-Mirthfulness; its definition and location.-Its use and disuse.-Avoid making fun of the aged. Always be cheerful. 118-137 Use of the Perceptives.-Individuality; its definition and location.— The child observes.-Gentleman unable to see the stars.-Curiosity. -Look, take notice.-Form; its definition and location.-Advan- tages of Form.-Commit to memory.-Size; its definition and loca- tion.-Exaggeration.-Weight; its definition and location.-Marks- men.—William Tell.-Balance the body.-Rope-dancers.-Children use weight.-Color; its definition and location.-Hues and tints of nature.-Separation of a ray of light.-Deficiency of this organ.— Order; its definition and location.-A place for everything and everything in its place.-Maria.-System.-Method.-Want of order. Its necessity-Order in nature.-Calculation; its definition and loca- tion.-Arithmetic a task and amusement.-Deficient Calculation can be improved.-Zerah Colburn.-George Combe.-Locality; its de- finition and location.-Place.-What Locality teaches.-The Locality of animals.-Birds.-Carrier pigeon.-Aid in astronomy.-An aid to memory.-Eventuality; its definition and location.-Stories.-Tra- ditions of the Indians.-The store-house of the mind.-Remember something every day.-Time; its definition and location.-Birds.- Song of gladness.-Snake and the bird.-Song of bees.-Why we cannot always decide about the size of Tune.-Tune influenced by other organs. Singing in Germany.-Language; its definition and location. The acquired and artificial voice.-Why infants cannot speak.-Orang-outangs.-Adaptation of the location of the Reflective Function of the Reasoning Intellect.-Causality; its definition and location.-Cause and effect.-Sir Isaac Newton.-Originality.- Cause and effect.-John and Charles.-Comparison; Its definition and location.-Great chain of the universe.-Genus; man.-The crows and, the corn.-Great and universal laws.-Why water boils. -Why the wick burns.-Why it is safe to sail on the water.— Principle of balloons-Experiment with the candle.-Straw-pump.- Experience the best teacher.-Human Nature; its definition and location.-Suavity; its definition and location.-Who need this The state of the body affects the mind.-The Vital Temperament.- Health and long life.—The Lymphatic.—The Motive Temperament. Light. The expansion and contraction of the iris.-Hearing.-An 202-209 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 1. The Upper Surface of the Brain, 2. The Base of the Brain, 3. The Nervous System, 4. The Nerves of the Brain, 5. Amativeness-Cupid with his bow and arrow, 9. Inhabitiveness-An old man under the shade of his tree, 10. Union for Life-The ceremony of marriage, 11. Concentrativeness-A gentleman absorbed in his studies, 12. Combativeness-Two boys quarrelling, Two fowls fighting, 14. Destructiveness-A boy teasing his sister, 15. Alimentiveness-Two men eating and drinking, 16. Acquisitiveness-The boy looking for money, 18. Secretiveness-Cat catching the mouse, 19. Cautiousness-Two boys and the pond of ice, 21. Approbativeness-Lady and gentleman, 22. Self-Esteem-The proud man and the peacock, 23. Firmness-Napoleon and his generals, PAGE. 16 17 19 21 25. Conscientiousness-Female with a pair of scales, 26. Hope-An anchor, 27. Marvellousness-Moses receiving the ten commandments, 28. Veneration-The old man and the boy, 29. Benevolence-The lady visiting the sick, 30. Constructiveness-The man working with tools, 31. Ideality-The man beholding the works of nature, 32. Sublimity-The cataract of Niagara. 33. Imitation-Man painting a portrait, Monkey examining the head of a cat, 35. Mirthfulness-A company of merry gentlemen, |