Christian Phrenology: A Guide to Self-KnowledgeBunney, Joseph
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Christian Phrenology: A Guide to Self-Knowledge
Bunney, Joseph
Phrenology
The organ of TUNE bears the same relation to the ears that the organ of
_Colouring_ does to the eyes. A large developement of the organ enlarges
the lateral parts of the forehead, and great practice is always necessary
before the organ can be successfully observed: but if two persons are
placed together, the one having it largely, the other smally developed,
the superior one will be perceptible at a glance. The faculty gives the
perception of melody, which is only _one_ of the ingredients of musical
talent; the organs of the mind must be well developed in accordance with
this, so that the soul and expression of music may be felt and
appreciated, before the organs are perfectly developed; the fingers indeed
may be trained to great expertness, but it is only the real lover of
harmonious sounds who devotes _all_ his powers to its cultivation that can
arrive at any thing like perfect skill. As a natural faculty of nature,
this organ is particularly pleasing in calming the passions, and producing
pleasure by means perfectly innocent. Persons cannot obtain a scientific
knowledge of music in whom the organ is deficient, and when _abused_ as
this faculty often is, it should be remembered that the line between
pleasure and pain is so indefinite, that where one terminates the other
begins;--music carried beyond an agreeable pitch, leads the possessor into
society, and too frequently into pleasures more enervating and
sensual--these are to be dreaded, and the musician should remember that as
the noblest employment of his faculty is to "Praise God in the
highest,"--so, nothing can be more debasing than the prostitution of it to
unworthy purposes.
20. TIME.
The organ of TIME seems to be related to that of order in its effects, it
is essential to music and versification, form some source of pleasure in
dancing, and seems to give a power of judging time and intervals of
duration in general. The value of time renders this faculty more than
usually necessary; it leads to a right estimation of punctuality as well
as punctuality in engagements: persons with the organ large are fevered by
delay, they become irritated about trifles of time that they may be kept
waiting by others and thus incur a charge of bad temper. The organ is
especially useful in persons studying history as it tends to give a
faculty of remembering dates and other periods of time, the succession of
events, &c.
21. LOCALITY.
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