Excerpt from Lectures on Mental Science According to the Philosophy of Phrenology: Delivered Before the Anthropological Society of the Western Liberal Institute of Marietta, Ohio, in the Autumn of 1851 Dear Sir, - I am instructed by the Anthropological Society of the Western Liberal Institute, to invite you to deliver a course of lectures upon the subject of mental science, before the society, in the hall of the Institute: one lecture on each Friday evening dur ing the present quarter. This will require a series of ten. A general view of the philosophy of mind, made plain and practica ble, would suit the Wishes of the society. Your maturer judg ment, of course, Will be our guide on this great subject. We hope nothing ordinary Will prompt you to decline. Shall we be favored with an early reply Yours, etc. 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.