Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Phrenological Journal and Magazine of Moral Science, for the Year 1847, Vol. 20: Vol. X of the New Series The opposition to nology, on the part of Gall's temporaries. Has all the characters above alluded to. Li the o ents of Galileo, those of Gall refused taloch throw histe scope; but thought themselves, nevertheless, justiti in denying his statements of facts. And in accusing him quackery and impoeture. In place of arguments founded 1 independent observation. The only legitimate answer to stat ments of facts founded on observation. They attempted to p him down by reasonings a priori', founded on what they cho to assume as the order of nature, or by attributing to his dc trine certain consequences inconsistent with their views ethics and of reli 'on; as if any doctrine truly deduced fro natural facts, cou d be inconsistent with true religion or tr morals; or as if, supposing the doctrine to be illogically d duccd from the facts, or the facts to be erroneously assum as such, the proper method of meeting it could possibly be i reasonin either a priori or to consequences. They forg that botigthese false modes of reasoning were em lo against Galileo and the other discoverers above alluded)! And that the Bible was then supposed to declare that the st really moved round the earth. 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.