Practical cheirosophy, a synoptical study of the science of the hand (1887)
Heron-Allen, Edward, 1861-1943 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 56
) is developed, thisorder and reason applies itself to things mate-rial rather than to things mental and psycho-logical. The lower joint, therefore, is termedthe joint of material order; the upper one istermed the joint of philosophy. The materialand worldly mind is denoted by a developmentof the… … Plate II. - THE THUMB, THE JOINTS, AND THELINES IN THE HAND. 07/ THE SHAPES OF HANDS. 53 strong love of and search after abstract andabsolute truth. Art is the domain of smooth, science is thedomain of knotty fingers. These facts must beclearly laid hold of at the outset, for they arethe very…
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