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On a celebrated craniologist visiting the studio of a celebrated sculptor in London, his attention was drawn to a bust with a remarkable depth of skull from the forehead to the occiput.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 by Various

"Ay," answers the craniologist, "you see there is something after all in our science, notwithstanding the scoffs of many of your countrymen."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 by Various

The head was very small, especially at the top and back; there were very few bumps for a craniologist.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

A craniologist would say that in both D'Holbach and Diderot, the philosophical organs were largely developed, but that Diderot excelled in ideality; D'Holbach's countenance only indicated mildness, and the habitual sincerity of his mind.

From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Bradlaugh, Charles

The observations of the craniologist are continually liable to error.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)