Philosophic chiromancy. Mysteries of the hand revealed and explained: the art of determining, from an inspection of the hands, the person's temperature, appetites, passions, impulses, aspirations, mental endowments, character and tendencies (1879)
Campbell, Robert Allen · Saint Louis, J. W. Campbell & co. · leaf 87
, nor simply for thepecuniary reward of labor, but rather for theimmediate result of a superior product, withmore satisfaction in the success of goodwork than in the pay for the exertion \mtforth. The excess, or rather, the ill use ofthis power, is useless care and unnecessaryexactness and finish… … Oyal Fingers—Tapering and Smooth. The artistic taste and the poetic sentimenthere rule the life. A love of sculpture,painting, song, poetry, is suggested. Theaesthetic taste is present, with ability to ap-preciate, understand and criticize, withouthowever, superior power to create. Grace isvalued,…
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