Excerpt from A Key to Phrenology: Containing a Brief Statement of the Faculties of the Mind, the History and Practical Uses of Phrenology It is undeniable that the mind consists of a variety of faculties and, as the eye is the organ of sight, and the ear the organ of hearing, so Phrenology teaches that the brain is the organ or instrument by which the mind acts, and that each primitive faculty has a certain portion of the brain allotted to it, as its organ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.