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The Nut

           Now,Iconsiderthatthephrenologistshaveomittedanimportantthinginnotpushingtheirinvestigationsfromthecerebellumthroughthespinalcanal.ForIbelievethatmuchofaman’scharacterwillbefoundbetokenedinhisbackbone.Iwouldratherfeelyourspinethanyourskull,whoeveryouare.Athinjoistofaspineneveryetupheldafullandnoblesoul.Irejoiceinmyspine,asinthefirmaudaciousstaffofthatflagwhichIflinghalfouttotheworld.

           ApplythisspinalbranchofphrenologytotheSpermWhale.Hiscranialcavityiscontinuouswiththefirstneck-vertebra;andinthatvertebrathebottomofthespinalcanalwillmeasureteninchesacross,beingeightinheight,andofatriangularfigurewiththebasedownwards.Asitpassesthroughtheremainingvertebraethecanaltapersinsize,butforaconsiderabledistanceremainsoflargecapacity.Now,ofcourse,thiscanalisfilledwithmuchthesamestrangelyfibroussubstancethespinalcordasthebrain;anddirectlycommunicateswiththebrain.Andwhatisstillmore,formanyfeetafteremergingfromthebrain’scavity,thespinalcordremainsofanundecreasinggirth,almostequaltothatofthebrain.Underallthesecircumstances,woulditbeunreasonabletosurveyandmapoutthewhale’sspinephrenologically?For,viewedinthislight,thewonderfulcomparativesmallnessofhisbrainproperismorethancompensatedbythewonderfulcomparativemagnitudeofhisspinalcord

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