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Excerpt from Phrenology Examined, and Shown to Be Inconsistent With the Principles of Phisiology, Mental and Moral Science, and the Doctrines of Christianity: Also an Examination of the Claims of Mesmerism
Preface. Condemned Phrenology and Mesmerism simply, or even chie?y, on the ground of their inconsistency with the Scrip tures. On the contrary, we have endeavored to subject them to a kind of investigation from which their advocates should not shrink, and of which they cannot complain. We would say, secondly, that we are not afraid of injuring Christianity by arraying it against false philosophy, however popular it may be. The Scriptures carry with them evidence of their inspiration, which, to candid minds, is not only conclusive, but overwhelming. They have outlived and triumphed over the most popular systems which have risen, even in darker ages, and w ich have (prevailed far more extensively than those we are now cousi ering. And in taking a retrospect of the past, we see, that Christianity was injured, not by being'hrrayed against false philosophy, but by being made to yield undue deference to its rmsound principles. Let us learn wisdom from the ast.
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