. How to know human nature: its inner states and outer forms. theless we think that we should include here-in a brief reference to the several classes ofthe hand as indicative of the outer form ofmental states. That the shape of the handoften reveals information regarding the char-acter of its owner is admitted by the best au-thorities on the subject. Many persons whodiscard the theories of Palmistry still re-gard the subject of the shaps and meaning ofhands as apart from that study, and believethat an understanding of the indications ofthe several classes of hands is important tothe students
. How to know human nature: its inner states and outer forms. theless we think that we should include here-in a brief reference to the several classes ofthe hand as indicative of the outer form ofmental states. That the shape of the handoften reveals information regarding the char-acter of its owner is admitted by the best au-thorities on the subject. Many persons whodiscard the theories of Palmistry still re-gard the subject of the shaps and meaning ofhands as apart from that study, and believethat an understanding of the indications ofthe several classes of hands is important tothe students of Human Nature. There are seven general types of hands, viz:(1) The Spatulate; (2) the Square; (3) theArtistic; (4) the Elementary; (5) the Mixed;(6) the Philosophic; and (7) the we give a brief recital of the quali-ties held to be indicated by Miscellaneous Signs 187 In Fig. 23, we see the Spatulate Hand,the special peculiarities of which are thestraight, smooth fingers and the splaytips. This type of hand is held to indicate an. Fig. 23spatulate hand active, energetic nature, that is satisfied onlywhen it is employed and doing something use-ful. This hand is eminently i practical, andits owner cares very little for art, poetry, orliterature. 188 Human Nature In Fig. 24, we see the Square Hand,the special peculiarities of which areits general squareness of the palm, andgenerally of the finger-tips. This also is a
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