The brain : its development, architecture, functions and education a lecture delivered in the Assembly Rooms, Grahamstown, on 18th May, 1892 / by T. Duncan Greenlees.

  • Greenlees, T. Duncan.
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1892
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Credit: The brain : its development, architecture, functions and education a lecture delivered in the Assembly Rooms, Grahamstown, on 18th May, 1892 / by T. Duncan Greenlees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    who, alas! are there waiting for the third and final great scene in life’s drama. By coming here to-night you are aiding, how little or how much we know not, in cheering the lives of many who are rapidly descending into the valley of shadows, and for this little deed done in kindness, you may rest assured you will not be forgotten by those who appreciate your liberality. With these few introductory remarks I will now proceed to the subj act of the evening’s lecture. Perhaps one of the most interesting studies presented to us in all nature is that of Man. Whether we look upon him as as the highest tyye of the animal kingdom—viewed from theZ xdogical stand¬ point—or whether we study him as possessing functions higher than those found in the lower animals, it is all the same: his study has been for generations and will be for generations the acme of all investigation. For man to study man seems but natural, and the saying of the ancients “ man know thyselfis more of a command than 'a proverb. The “ how I live, move, and have my being,” has puzzled the philosophers of all ages. We make but slow progress, and are still on the threshold of the study of the ego. From the difficulties that surround its investigation the very nature of life is still unknown ; and, with our present means of investigation, attempts to proceed further in this unknown land, result frequently in our floundering in the mud. When we come to consider the human mind, the moral philosopher, aided by the physiologist, has attempted to analyse the mental and moral faculties so as to produce some sort of classification. We speak of the