. The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old documents : being a guide to the reading of ancient manuscripts. particular line. Theabsence of any self-assertion is very stronglymarked. The independence of their grand-daughters can be traced in every line and stroke oftheir pens. Little or no distinction is observablebetween the writing of young men and womennowadays. Even the graphologist dare scarcelyhazard an opinion as to the sex of the writer, butindulges in vague wording, avoiding any directuse of personal pronouns. Capital letters tell us many points of interest. Ha
. The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old documents : being a guide to the reading of ancient manuscripts. particular line. Theabsence of any self-assertion is very stronglymarked. The independence of their grand-daughters can be traced in every line and stroke oftheir pens. Little or no distinction is observablebetween the writing of young men and womennowadays. Even the graphologist dare scarcelyhazard an opinion as to the sex of the writer, butindulges in vague wording, avoiding any directuse of personal pronouns. Capital letters tell us many points of interest. Ha ndwriting. 19 By them originality, talent, and mental capacityare displayed, as well as any latent vulgarity orwant of education. There are two styles ofcapital letters at present in use. The high-classstyle employed by persons of education is plainand often eccentric, but without much orna-mentation. The other may be called the middle-class, for it is used by servants and tradespeoplehaving a fair amount of education, mingled witha good deal of conceited ignorance and false these last the capital letters are much. adorned by loops, hooks, and curves, noticeableprincipally in the heads of the letters or at theircommencement. Perhaps, for purposes of char-acter delineation, it will be better to give thecharacteristics, pointing out the style and formof the letters peculiar to each. It will generally be found that with styles ofwritings or handwritings having much resem-blance, a characteristic similarity also exists;therefore, to become proficient as a graphologist,a careful study must be made of the writings of 20 Handwriting, those whose whole life and character, togetherwith personal peculiarities, are intimately knownand understood, and from this, conclusions maybe drawn and rules arrived at for future use. Affection is marked by open loops and a generalslant or slope of the writing. A hard nature,unsympathetic and unimpressionable, has verylittle artistic feeling
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