7.  The seventh is characteristic of exaltation, passion.  This attitude is eccentric and direct, as we have already said.

8.  The eighth attitude is characteristic of abandonment, extreme confidence.  This attitude presents the inclination of the second and the fifth, with this difference, that here the head is thrown back and the eye, instead of being bent directly upon the object as in the second and upward as in the fifth, here gazes downward.

9.  The ninth attitude is characteristic of pride.  This last attitude takes the inclination of the sixth and eighth attitudes, with the differences in gaze indicated in the foregoing.

Thus, to sum up what we have already said, we see that the first, fourth and seventh attitudes are directly toward the object; that the second, fifth and eighth bend obliquely toward the object; and, finally, that the third, sixth and ninth are the result of an oblique inclination away from the object.

NOTE.—­It is to be understood that the various attitudes of the head are asserted only in regard to the direction taken by the eye.  Thus it is not absolutely true to say that the head is in the eccentric state because it is raised; for it may be that, raised as it is, the direction of the eye may be even higher than it, and, in that case, the head might, although raised, present the aspect of the concentric state.  Then it would be true to say that the head presents the concentric state in a high direction.

Attitudes of the Hands.

The hands, like the legs, have three kinds of attitudes.  They open without effort and present the normal state; they close and present the concentric state; then they open forcibly and present the eccentric state.  These three kinds of attitudes produce nine forms.

1.  The first is characteristic of acceptance.  In this the hand is presented open without effort, the fingers close together and the palm up.

2.  The second is characteristic of caressing.  In this attitude the palm of the hand faces the object considered and gently follows its forms.

3.  The third is characteristic of negation.  This attitude is executed in the following fashion:  The arm and hand are placed as in caressing; but, instead of following the form of the object, the hand rids itself of it by a rotary movement, thus placing the palm in a lateral direction.

4.  This attitude is executed with the closed fist, the arm hanging naturally, that is, without any action determined by the will.

5.  The fifth is characteristic of will.  This attitude consists in carrying the fist forward, the back up.

6.  The sixth attitude is characteristic of menace.  This attitude is effected by an outward rotary movement compressed in the fist, so that, contrary to the will, the back of the hand is down.

7.  The seventh is characteristic of desire.  The hand, in this attitude, moves forward as in the first, but with the difference that here the fingers are spread apart, this spreading signifying “I do not possess,” expresses desire.  There is, by the fact of the advance of the hand, aspiration and not possession.