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Human science, or, Phrenology : its principles, proofs, faculties, organs, temperaments, combinations, conditions, teachings, philosophies, etc., etc. : as applied to health, its values, laws, functions, organs, means, preservation, restoration, etc. : mental philosophy, human and self improvement, civilization, home, country, commerce, rights, duties, ethics, etc. : God, His existence, attributes, laws, worship, natural theology, etc. : immortality, its evidences, conditions, relations to time, rewards, punishments, sin, faith, prayer, etc. : intellect, memory, juvenile and self education, literature, mental discipline, the senses, sciences, arts, avocations, a perfect life, etc., etc., etc.

Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · 1873 · Philadelphia, Pa. ; Chicago, Ill. ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; St. Louis, Mo. : National Publishing Co. ; San Francisco, Cal. : A.L. Bancroft & Co. · 167 pictures

A phrenology textbook by Orson Squire Fowler, published in 1873 in Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and San Francisco for a general readership interested in health, self-improvement and character. Its pictures are profile woodcuts of men's heads with the skull and hairline drawn in fine hatching, showing how a designer might use plain line-engraved profiles to convey character or measurement.

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