Perin's science of palmistry; a complete and authentic treatise . p the benefit, they are made better and wiser. CHAPTER III. THE SQUARE, OR JUPITER HAND. This type of hand (Plate II.) belongs to those nationswhich are known to be pre-eminently practical. Theyare conventional, a slave to custom, methodical, logical,hard to convince; they are slaves to the dogmaticteachings of the school of religious thought to whichthey belong. From such people new ideas seldom spring. Theyare stubborn, have little imagination, less originality,and will not even be courteous to any one who new belie
Perin's science of palmistry; a complete and authentic treatise . p the benefit, they are made better and wiser. CHAPTER III. THE SQUARE, OR JUPITER HAND. This type of hand (Plate II.) belongs to those nationswhich are known to be pre-eminently practical. Theyare conventional, a slave to custom, methodical, logical,hard to convince; they are slaves to the dogmaticteachings of the school of religious thought to whichthey belong. From such people new ideas seldom spring. Theyare stubborn, have little imagination, less originality,and will not even be courteous to any one who new belief, or one opposed to theirs. However, the new ideas that they hear advanced arenot lost upon them, and while they will not acknowl-edge it, they think seriously upon what they hear, andif they can gather sufficient proof that these innova-tions or statements are true, they are convinced andare as radical in the new belief as they were in theirold belief. As a class such a type are not quarrelsome, but ifaroused fully, they will have the last word in the dis- 42. PLATE SQUARE OR JUPITERIAN HAND. PERINS SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY. .45 pute or die in the effort. They love to command, to beleaders. They are honest in business, lasting in have few friends or acquaintances; are suspiciousof strangers, and it is difficult for them to adapt them-selves to new conditions or strange people. The largest number of this type of hand is foundamong the people of Great Britain, Ireland, Germany,Sweden. Such people are the foundation, or generative force,and the branches from this hand display themselves ina variety of successful pursuits, which have many in-herited business principles to recommend them. CHAPTER IV. THE NERVOUS OR SPATULATED HAND. This type of hand (Plate III.) is so named because thefingers spread so far out from the square form thatthey resemble a fan, or shovel, or the spatula, a knifeused in spreading plasters. Usually such hands havepalms which are very br
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