Every  sociological  analysis  supposes  three  classes  of
rcenspects.  (,Qjjgj(jei.ations,  cach  more  complex  than  the  prece-
ding: viz.,  the  conditions  of  social  existence  of  the  individual,  the
family,  and  society ;  the  last  comprehending,  in  a  scientific  sense,
the  whole  of  the  human  species,  and  chiefly,  the  whole  of  the  white
race.
Gall's  cerebral  theory  has  destroyed  for  ever  the  metaphysical
fancies  of  the  last  century  about  the  origin  of  Man's  social  tenden-
cies, which  are  now  proved  to  be  inherent  in  his  nature,  and  not
1.  The  individ-  ^^^  Tcsult  of  utilitarian  considerations.  The  true
""'•  theory  has  exploded  the  mistakes  through  which  the

false  doctrine  arose, — the  fanciful  supposition  that  intellectual  com-
binations govern  the  general  conduct  of  human  life,  and  the  exag-
gerated notion  of  the  degree  in  which  wants  can  create  faculties.
