Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

took him to a phrenologist in Boston, with whom
he was himself acquainted, but who had no
suspicion whose head he was about to examine.
The phrenologist commenced by saying that the
person under examination had a large, welldeveloped,
and well-balanced head. While
examining the moral and intellectual organs, he
said to Mr. Miller’s friend:
“I tell you what it is, Mr. Miller could not
easily make a convert of this man to his hairbrained
theory. He has too much good sense.”
Thus he proceeded, making comparisons
between the head he was examining and the head
of Mr. Miller, as he fancied it would be.
“O, how I should like to examine Mr. Miller’s
head!” said he; “I would give it one squeezing.”
The phrenologist, knowing that the gentleman
was a particular friend of Mr. Miller, spared no
pains in going out of the way to make remarks
upon him. Putting his hand on the organ of
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