Examination of the Objections Made in Britain Against the Doctrines of Gall and Spurzheim: Article of the Foreign Quarterly Review (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The profession of a critical reviewer is ac knowledged to be very extensive his infallibility is understood hence, without any previous study, he can decide all questions on anatomy, physiology, pathology, philosophy, the arts, and, in short, on all the branches of knowledge; nay, he can criticise books without reading them. He is never at a loss, and arrogates at least the the appearance of talents. If his own authority is not sufficient to impose on the public,'a sacred band of literary oligarchs answer for his correct ness, and, for that reason, he assumes the mighty we of sovereignty.

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