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 72
ion of ancient race. As a matter of fact, thepure descendants of the old fighting Saxon nobil-ity are always distinguishable by their spatulatehands. In religion, spatulate-handed subjectsare conventional above all things, Protestantsrather than Catholics. It is thus that thesehands are in a… … Plate TV.— THE SPATULATE HAND. Denoting action, movement, energy, self-reliance,and locomotion. (The hand of the great Duke of Wellington.) ON THE SHAPES OE HANDS. 69 nent joints give an intense love of science tothese hands, and make them expert in allmechanical or applied sciences. Such men…
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