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238 THE PRESS.
and eloquent exposition of its principles, in a " Discourse
on the Reformation of Medical Science ;" but
it meets with much opposition.
The Press.-I have had one specimen of the freedom
which is sometimes used in publishing private
remarks in the newspapers. There are in this country
a considerable number of " Practical Phrenologists,"
who travel from place to place, give one, two,
or three lectures free, to excite attention, and then
examine heads and write characters for fees. When
I have been told of the injury which these men do
to Phrenology, I have answered that the educated
men and philosophers are to blame for the consequences,
because they neglect or decline to study
and to teach Phrenology as a science; that being a
useful and important natural truth, it cannot die;
and that if it be refused admission into schools and
colleges, it will seek refuge in the lyceums of villages.
A friend of one of these " practical men"
came to me to have my opinion of him. He, like
fifty other persons, introduced himself, began with
talking about things in general, and by degrees introduced
the name of the individual in question, soliciting
my opinion of him, but without giving me
the least hint of any object he had in view, or even
that he was interested in him. I stated all the good
of him I could, and also mentioned several points in
regard to which I thought him in the wrong. The
friend, without my knowledge, published in one of
the newspapers my favourable remarks, omitting the
rest. The first notice that I received of the publi-
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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/m1/278/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.