The language of the hand, being a concise exposition of the principles and practice of the art of reading the hand . vilization, and forthis reason it is the most engrossing and powerful ofall human tendencies ; races who are too lazy tocultivate any other taste cling tenaciously to andhighly develop this one; it is thus that among theignorant artistic peasantry of Southern Europe thatthis type of hand, modifying the elementary type, is80 largely prevalent. It is among people possessingthese hands that we often find subjects possessingonly the evil propensities of their type, sensuality,lazine
The language of the hand, being a concise exposition of the principles and practice of the art of reading the hand . vilization, and forthis reason it is the most engrossing and powerful ofall human tendencies ; races who are too lazy tocultivate any other taste cling tenaciously to andhighly develop this one; it is thus that among theignorant artistic peasantry of Southern Europe thatthis type of hand, modifying the elementary type, is80 largely prevalent. It is among people possessingthese hands that we often find subjects possessingonly the evil propensities of their type, sensuality,laziness, egotism, singularity, cynicism, love of dissi-pation, intellectual incapacity, sharpness, and tendencyto falsehood and exaggeration. Love, which is not amatter of the senses, such as filial, fraternal, andpaternal affection, is rare among hands of this class,and belongs principally to square and spatulatehands. IV. The Useful Hand (Fig. 4) is of mediumsize, but inclining to large, the joints of the fingersdeveloped, and the outer phalange square, the thumblarge, and developed at the root, the palm of medium. Fig. 3, The Set-en Types of Ha fids. 53 size, hollowed and firm. Perseverance, foresight,order, and submission to rule, all qualities conspicu-ous by their absence in the artiste hand, are par-ticularly the characteristics of the useful hand, ,that hand whose leading feature is the square tips ofits fingers. To organize, classify, and regulate is theirprovince; with them the beautiful and true are sub-ordinate to theory and rule ; they have a strong loveof similitude and uniformity as opposed to the changeand contrast, which is the delight of the conical-fingered hand ; they appreciate the differences inthings apparently similar and the points of resem-blance in things outwardly dissimilar. They are aptto confuse discipline and civilization, compulsoryorder and the order of common consent; they onlyact on the promptings of sense and reason, and areconsequently often
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