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1835. miracles ill panting time toils after them in vain.’ In fact
mg 81. I regard it as almost as improbable for another community
to rival the population of these states in prosperity, as for
an individual to surpass ovr indefatigable friend and selfsacrificed
 free-born alas —, in the race of hard-earned
fortune. You know I predicted when leaving England for
bhis continent, that I should not fin? it sufficiently to my
taste to relish a sojourn here fir life. My feelings in this
respect are quite altered. I know of no reasonable ground
for an aversion to this country, and none but unreasonable
minds could fail to be as happy here as in England, provided
 friendly attachments did not draw them to the Old
country. My own predilection is rather in favour of Washington
 as a residence. Baltimore is also, I should imagine,
a pleasant town, These two are now by means of the railroad
 almost identical. By-the-bye, when running through
those towns on my way to the west, and in the design of
extending my journey as far as Montreal, which I have
since found to be impracticable, unfortunately I resisted all
kind invitations to remain even for the purpose of being
introduced to old Hickory, which would have delayed me
only a day. I have since regretted this very much.” ®
Cobden arrived in England in the middle of August, after
an uneventful voyage, in which he found no better way of
amusing himself than by analyzing the character of his
fellow-passengers, and reducing them to types. Early in
life his eager curiosity had been attracted by the doctrines
of phrenology, and however crude the pretensions of phrenology
 may now appear, it will always deserve a certain
measure of historic respect as being the first attempt to
popularize the study of character by system, and the
arrangement of men’s faculty and disposition in classes.
To accept phrenology to-day would stamp a man a8 un-To
 FO, July Bb, 1835. From Boston.