e.

There has been, however, one _valid_ objection to the discoveries of
Gall, which has done much to discredit the whole system. He ascribed
to the entire cerebellum the sexual function alone, in doing which he
disregarded the facts developed by vivisection. Ample observation has
shown his error. The cerebellum is the physiological as the cerebrum
is the psychic brain, and a defined central portion of the cerebellum
at the median line does exercise, in connection with the summit of the
spinal cord, the sexual functions. This has been fully established by
pathology, as well as by my own experiments. In this matter Gall is
certainly entitled to the credit of _approximating_ the truth, the
function being located within the territory assigned it.

The fundamental doctrine, however, which Gall has the immortal honor
of establishing, is that the cerebrum is not a homogeneous unitary
organ, but a mass of distinct organs, as distinct as the sensitive and
motor columns of the spinal cord, and exercising _different mental
functions_. Whatever errors of detail he may have fallen into cannot
obscure the glory of the pioneer in the anatomy and psychology of the
brain. His anatomical doctrines have stood the test of time; they are
established; and his psychic doctrines are as near an approach to
absolute truth as ever was made by a pioneer in a wilderness of
mystery. Gall himself, with the just self-respect which belongs to a
sincere and fearless seeker of scientific truth, expressed his
attitude as follows, at the close of the sixth volume of his works:--

"These views of the qualities and faculties of man are not the fruit
of subtile reasonings. They bear not the impress of the age in which
they originate, and will not wear out with it. They are the result of
numberless observations, and will be immutable and eternal like the
facts that have been observed, and the fundamental powers which those
facts force us to admit. They are not only founded on principles
deduced from individual facts, but are confirmed by each individual
fact in particular, and will forever come off triumphant from every
test to which they may be submitted, whether of analysis or synthesis.
If the reasonings of metaphysicians are ever discarded, this
philosophy of the human qualities and faculties will be the foundation
of all philosophy in time to come."

These are the words of a grand-souled philosopher, who _knew_ that he
was speaking the truth, and for