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Charlotte Brontë avlade en visit hos frenologen Dr Browne 1851, och han har förstås en del intressanta saker att förtälja:
"She is occasionally inclined to take a gloomier view of things than perhaps the facts of the case justify [...] If not a poet her sentiments are poetical, or at least imbued with that enthusiastic grace which is characteristic of poetical feeling. She is fond of dramatic literature and the drama, especially if it be combined with music [...] The lady possesses a fine organ of language, and can, if she has done her talents justice by exercise, express her sentiments with clearness, precision, and force--sufficiently eloquent but not verbose."
Man kan tycka vad man vill om frenologi som charlataneri, men det finns i alla Charlotte Brontës romaner referenser till det, och ingen anledning att betvivla att hon tog det på allvar.
"She is occasionally inclined to take a gloomier view of things than perhaps the facts of the case justify [...] If not a poet her sentiments are poetical, or at least imbued with that enthusiastic grace which is characteristic of poetical feeling. She is fond of dramatic literature and the drama, especially if it be combined with music [...] The lady possesses a fine organ of language, and can, if she has done her talents justice by exercise, express her sentiments with clearness, precision, and force--sufficiently eloquent but not verbose."
Man kan tycka vad man vill om frenologi som charlataneri, men det finns i alla Charlotte Brontës romaner referenser till det, och ingen anledning att betvivla att hon tog det på allvar.
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