The language of the hand, being a concise exposition of the principles and practice of the art of reading the hand . lf. Thus, therefore, it will be seen that though theiorms of the hand betoken certain tastes andcharacteristics, we must look to the consistency of the) land to see how those tastes are cultivated, and howiLose characteristics develop themselves. Havingnow discussed the characteristics of various hands,we will proceed to consider the seven types which,lollowing DArpentigny, we set down categorically atvLu* beginning of these chapters on Chirognomy. CHAPTER IV. OF THE SEVEN TYPES
The language of the hand, being a concise exposition of the principles and practice of the art of reading the hand . lf. Thus, therefore, it will be seen that though theiorms of the hand betoken certain tastes andcharacteristics, we must look to the consistency of the) land to see how those tastes are cultivated, and howiLose characteristics develop themselves. Havingnow discussed the characteristics of various hands,we will proceed to consider the seven types which,lollowing DArpentigny, we set down categorically atvLu* beginning of these chapters on Chirognomy. CHAPTER IV. OF THE SEVEN TYPES OF HANDS. I. The Elementary Hand (Fig. i). — Thecharacteristics of this hand are thick, stiff fingers,a short thumb, generally turned back, large, broad,and thick palm, very hard. Such is the hand of thelabourer, the stableman, the soldier who fights onlyfor fightings sake, the colonist who merely exists ina foreign clime by the sweat of his brow. Such sub-jects understand nothing but the grossly materialaspect of things ; they are inaccessible to reason,their virtues are negative, they conform to rules from. Fig. i. The Seven Types of Hands. 45 sheer want of originality. Such a hand betraysheaviness of soul, sluggish imagination, and completeindifference. The Laplanders are almost withoutexception of this type ; amongst the warm, intelligent,poetic East Indians this type is practically a matter of fact, in warm latitudes (such as ours)the hand absolutely elementary is exceedingly rare,excepting among the Tartars and Sclavs, whoseinstincts and ferocity are merely brutal. The subjectwith elementary hands is subject to superstitions moreor less poetic, according as the fingers are more orless conic; and they, of all other types, succumbmost readily to griefs and disappointments, beingutterly void of resources. II. The Spatulate Hand (Fig. 2).—First takea spatulate hand with a big thumb. This sub-ject is resolute rather than resigned, and is alwaysready to take mea
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