"Mother, what is 'Phrenology'!"
"Where's your dictionary, Damiu?"
"T've looked it out, Mother, truly. I have; but it is not altogether plain.
For instance, it says, it are measured gra "sistance, out the opening of the ear Am T wrong in coming to you for Additional light, in the circumstances, Mother?"
"No, Dami you're not."
"Then, what is 'Phrenology,' Mo ther?"
"The popular definition, Damiu. is, The Science of Bumps."
Then why call it by so abstruse a name as the other?"
"Strictly speaking, phrenology not confined exclusively to the con: Sideration of bumps. The Greek root, paren, pertains not only te the mind, in the sense of the thirking principle, but also to che diaphragm, Damiu."
"But thought thatthe. diaphragm was somewhere about one's middle, Mother, and that the mind was in' the head."
"Quite right, Damiu."
"Then how can paren signify both mind and diaphragm?"
"Some people have their mind constantly on their middle.'
"Does that mean they are ccnstantly thinking of food, Mother?"
"Yes, Damiu, it does'
"But what about bumps', Mother?"
"Well, for instance take the Bump of Parental Love, Damiu..."
"Is that on the head, Mother 2
"But. Mother, remember 1 once bumped you on the head, and wha: was not at all loving. there's the Bump of Even-triality, Damiu'
"What does that signify, Mother?"
"I am not certain, Damiu, but 1 think it means that' eventually are all bound to receive a bump."
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