Descriptive mentality from the head, face and hand (1899)
Merton, Holmes Whittier, 1860-1948, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC, Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : David McKay · leaf 142
137 … The Thumb. If the reader turns to the page of regional influ-ences, the volume of powerful mental influences thatplay over the thumb will at once be apparent. DArpentigny said : The hand denotes the supe-rior animal, the thumb individualizes the Man. He could more scientifically have said that…
Phrenology · Physiognomy · Palmistry
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