George Combe - Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become ...

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Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive muscles are by too much walking; and I therefore proposed to them to take a brief rest.

George Combe

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Phrenologie lehrte uns, dass der Geist durch das Gehirn denkt, sich durch zu lange Aufmerksamkeit ermüden könnte, da die Lokomotivenmuskeln durch zu viel Gehen laufen; und ich schlug ihnen daher vor, eine kurze Pause einzulegen.

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