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Josiah Quincy: “I have classed it with judicial astrology, with alchemy, and with augury; and, as Cicero says he wonders how two Roman…”

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I have classed it with judicial astrology, with alchemy, and with augury; and, as Cicero says he wonders how two Roman augurs could have looked each other in the face without laughing, I have felt something of the same surprise that two learned phrenologists can meet without like temptation.
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Josiah Quincy
Federalist · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Quincy humorously compares phrenology to astrology, expressing skepticism about its legitimacy.

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