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Various

"Delsarte System of Oratory"

This is
exaltation.
To spread the fingers and fold them to the second joint, indicates the
concentro-concentric hand. This is retraction.
To spread the fingers as much as possible, gives the eccentro-eccentric
hand. This is exasperation.
In the subjoined charts we can see an illustration of the different
attitudes of the hand.
[Illustration: Criterion of the Hand.]
Recapitulation

II +-- 2 +-- Concentro-concentric. Conflict.
| 3 --+ Normo-concentric. Tonic or power.
| 1 +-- Eccentro-concentric. Convulsive.
|
| 2 +-- Concentro-normal. Prostration.
III --+ 3 --+ Normo-normal. Abandon.
| 1 +-- Eccentro-normal. Expansion.
|
| 2 +-- Concentro-eccentric. Retraction.
| 3 --+ Normo-eccentric. Exaltation.
I +-- 1 +-- Eccentro-eccentric. Exasperation.
The nine primitive forms of the hand are, as is seen, undetermined.
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