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THE HON. DANIEL WEBSTER. 95
dollars for doing, on that evening, what a Christian
in Edinburgh is permitted to do, without any penalty
whatever.
It has frequently been remarked that the theatre
in Boston is unsuccessful; but this state of the law
may be one cause of its failure. Sunday is observed
with the greatest decorum in this city, and although
the law declares it to terminate at sunset, the only
relaxation of observance which I remarked was, that
political meetings were held on Sunday evenings, and
that ladies played on the pianoforte, sang, knitted,
or engaged in any light employment, without any
sense of sin. Many of the churches, however, were
open for worship in the evening.
Oct. 15. The Hon. Daniel Vtebster.-To-day I
met Mr Webster in company. The published bust
of him, which is a correct delineation of his head,
shews a voluminous anterior lobe of the brain, indicating
very powerful intellectual faculties. Individuality,
which gives the capacity for details, is deficient,
but Comparison and Causality are broad, prominent,
and massive. Benevolence is the largest
among the moral organs, and the base of the brain is
large. The temperament is bilious, with a portion
of the sanguine, and lymphatic. He is a lawyer by
profession, and at the bar and in the United States'
Senate, is recognised as a man of gigantic intellect.
His style in conversation is clear, simple, deliberate,
and forcible, occasionally humorous and payful. The
talent of the New-Englanders in bargain-making is
proverbial in America, and the inhabitants of the lit-
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/135/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.