physical organization of such a man, can hardly fail to interest and instruct the readers of the Journal.

His age is about 58; his hair entirely white, (probably in part induced by mental effort,) his person about the ordinary size, spare and tall rather than stocky, and his countenance marked and striking. He has much prominence of organization, with many distinct lines and marks in his face. and an uneven face and head, which, according to Art. III, p. 12 of Vol. IV., indicates a bold, original, striking, efficient character and intellect.

His Temperament is the Motive-Mental, with the former predominating in early life, but the latter now has the ascendency. His chest is small, and his whole organization most active, and also capable of much endurance.

While practicing Phrenology at Syracuse, Dec. 31st, 1842, a common friend of Dr. Lansing and Phrenology, invited him to step over to my rooms and have his head examined. He replied that he did not believe in Phrenology, nor yet disbelieve it; because he had not yet seen evidence enough to make up his mind either way. He finally yielded, and came over. My room was then full of those who were waiting to be examined. After he had seen me examine one or two, he took the chair. The following is the size affixed to his organs, în a scale from 1 to 7.

Size of brain 224 inches, or large; but, as his organs are all long, and head high, its absolute volume is greater than that of almost any head the actual measure of which in inches is the same. The texture of his organization is remarkable, and its power and elasticity surprising; so that he combines the indispensable requisites of greatness, first a large brain, secondly, a most active one, and thirdly one of great power and efficiency.

His organs are all pointed, which denotes great activity of feeling and clearness of intellect. His forehead is developed from the root of the nose up through its middle, and is high rather than wide, and deep rather than expansive. Indeed his whole head is developed from the root of the nose up over the moral organs to Parental Love, rather than laterally, and is narrow between the ears, but very high. Such a head cannot be selfish, but will live for man rather than for self. His largest organs are Benevolence, Conscientiousness, Friendship, Parental Love, and Comparison, which, combining, form one great and predominent feature of his character, that of goodness. In a head thus organized, all other feelings and powers would contribute to or be swallowed up in a desire to do good and promote moral purity. This would be the end and aim of life, the ruling passion, strong in death. His moral organs, combining with love of children, would interest him deeply in the Bible-class, Sabbath School, and all other means for improving the moral character of the young; and, added to his large Comparison, would make him what he is, in fact, the children's preacher; for he has a peculiar faculty of interesting children and youth, and of descending to the level of the youthful mind, and making himself fully understood.

Wherever Dr. Lansing is known, he is regarded as an eminently good man, and has as many warm friends as probably

any other man, This is accounted for by his immensely large organs of Benevolence and Adhesiveness. During the examination, I remarked that I had rarely, if ever seen such prodigious Adhesiveness on the head of any man; and that, consequently he would make friends among even the savages, and he beloved by all who knew him.

But perhaps the written description of him, from notes taken down at the time of the examination, before I knew even his profession, will be the most satisfactory, as certainly it will be impartial. It is as follows:

Your leading quality is action, you cannot keep still a moment, but feel restless as a fish out of water, unless you are crowded at the top of your strength by labor. Your mind in particular, is incessantly active, and all alive to any subject of interest, your mind and body both work with great ease, as though every joint was oiled, so that little friction or wear or tear can accrue. You also have great strength of constitution, great power of endurance, great vital apparatus, and will therefore stand a prodigious amount of labor both mental and physical; still, your activity is too great for your strength, so that you are liable to overdo. Be guarded on this point--be more lazy; you will live the longer and the more happily, and accomplish more in the long run. Nothing sleeps in your hands; you have prodigious energy of character. You regard nothing as impossible, and take hold of projects with both hands as though it could and must be done; you are resolute and persevering in an eminent degree, and throw much feeling and pathos into all you say and do; feel most intensely, enjoy and suffer painfully, are also clear-headed, look right into and through every thing at once, and have a kind of instinct which guides you correctly and enables you to say and do things just right; there is a point and power, and cogency and apparentness in all your explanations; you excel in expounding, criticising, illustrating and setting a thing so clearly before the mind that every child can understand. You have great talent for arguing, discussing and reasoning geologically, inducing a decided taste for metaphysics and moral philosophy; you are fond of the studies of the human character, and read men well; you have a prodigious organ

of Benevolence, and are all wrapped up in desires to do good and promote the permanent welfare of man; and your Benevolence acts, with your Conscientionsness, so that you wish to do good by doing right, to make men happier you would first make them better by reforming them; you are not in the least bigoted or proud, but are a natural gentleman, and not at all austere or distant; you set much, perhaps too much by the good opinion of others, especially of friends; you also set a great deal by your moral character; you are ambitious to become eminent, yet not for being rich nor for being talented merely, but for being good and using your talents in advancing the cause of morality; you are humble, and have too little Self-Esteem, and often feel unworthy; and also look on the darker side of objects; you are eminently persevering; and as Conscientiousness and Benevolence control all your actions, you are most persevering in the cause of right and duty, and nothing can stop or intimidate you; you are fond of company, and are one of the most sincere of friends. You make friends wherever you go that are willing even to die for you; you are one of the fondest of husbands and fathers, and a very domestic man, and often appeal to the domestic feelings with great power; you love children and they love you.

You are especially interested in the moral improvement of children-in the Bible class and Sabbath School; you are desirous of a home of your own to settle for life; have versality of talents, and know a little of every thing; you excel either in a short or long mental effort, and have talents for public speaking not equalled by one in ten thousand; have also brilliant thoughts and use just words enough and the right words to be fully understood; never forget faces or places; can tell a story admirably and always in point; might excel as an author; and are calculated to make an impression in all you say and do; you are frugal and want money only to use; are a miserable hand to make a bargain, and should have an economical wife; for you do not wish to be troubled with pecuniary affairs; are truly a great and good man.

On the evening of the day on which this examination was made, Phrenology was put to a thorough test by my examin

ing eight or ten persons blindfolded. Among the number chosen, was Dr. Lansing, and though no name was given, yet what I had said during the day was reiterated in the evening; so much so that the Doctor became satisfied that Phrenology might be true, and at once gave it his countenance.

If the reader is curious to know something of Dr. L.'s real character, that he may judge of the accuracy of this description, I reply, that, by his own exertions and superior powers of intellect, he has risen from obscurity to one of the first stations in the Presbyterian Church. Every word he says, is full of meaning, every sentence is as a nail in a sure place. There is something striking, original, and taking about the man. Every thing he says carries conviction, and commends itself to the good sense of all who hear him. No sermon I ever heard, pleased me better than the one I heard him deliver the next day after these examinations. His manner is peculiarly impressive. There are two points about his manner of delivery which are unique, and yet constitute excellencies of the highest order. The first is he places his emphasis correctly, and lays it upon the proper word, and then only. This is equally true of his reading and speaking. Some clergymen read right straight along equalizing the stress of words, but he slips over the unimportant words lightly, yet uttering them distinctly, and then brings down on those words in which the meaning of the sentence is mainly concentrated with a distinctness and emphasis greater than I ever before heard with one exception. Few persons are aware of the importance of this principle in enforcing and riveting anything upon the hearer, yet Dr. L. has caught it by that intuition which belongs to all great men. The man who thinks clearly, concentrates his meaning in a few of the important words of a sentence, and good speaking consists mainly in giving these words their appropriate force. This Dr. L. does to perfection. Hence he is fully understood, and these implated words lodge in the mind of the hearer, and the thought conveyed is reiterated indelibly upon the mind.

*

The second point of interest connected with Dr. Lansing's manner of speaking is his stopping just before pronouncing

* Lemuel White, teacher of Elocution in Philadelphia.