The language of the hand, being a concise exposition of the principles and practice of the art of reading the hand . lst Chiromancy necessitates, at the least, aclose examination of the hand. Before, however, pro-ceeding on our way, we shall pause a few momentsto make a few remarks, which seem to us to benecessary, on the subject of Sex. CHAPTER V. OF THE FEMALE HAND. The characteristics of each type, as we have enumer-ated them, apply to women as well as to men, thoughwe have, for convenience sake, made use throughoutof the masculine pronoun; at the same time, thereare certain modifications w
The language of the hand, being a concise exposition of the principles and practice of the art of reading the hand . lst Chiromancy necessitates, at the least, aclose examination of the hand. Before, however, pro-ceeding on our way, we shall pause a few momentsto make a few remarks, which seem to us to benecessary, on the subject of Sex. CHAPTER V. OF THE FEMALE HAND. The characteristics of each type, as we have enumer-ated them, apply to women as well as to men, thoughwe have, for convenience sake, made use throughoutof the masculine pronoun; at the same time, thereare certain modifications which seem to requireexposition; as, for instance, the square spatulatetypes are much less pronounced in woman than inman, a fact shown by the greater suppleness andelasticity of the female hand in general, consequenton the differences existing between the male andfemale dispositions. The man creates, but the womandevelops; to man belongs the faculty of principle, towoman the gift of form ; our laws are made by man,but our morals by woman; and it has been justlysaid that man is the spirit of the woman, but woman. Fig. 7. The Female Hand. 69 is the soul of the man. Few women have their jointsdeveloped, so few women have the faculty of com-bination ; in intellectual occupations they choosegenerally those requiring more tact than science,more activity of mind than of body, more imaginationthan judgment; if their hands are knotty, their in-tellects are, so to speak, diluted; they are then lessimpressionable, and less given to the inspirations offancy. Women may be divided by this our scienceinto two classes: those with large and those withsmall thumbs; the first, more intelligent than sensi-tive, have a natural taste for history and similarstudies; the second, more sensitive than intellectual,prefer romance. Consideration and clear headed-ness is the gift of those with large thumbs; love withthem is more a matter of head than heart, but it isalso more free and faithful, and a large
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