8.  The eighth attitude is an attitude characteristic of the alternation between the offender and defender.  It is the exact medium between the third and fourth; it, therefore, expresses moral as well as physical alternation.  A man placed between the offensive and the defensive always assumes this attitude as if to sound the resources of his courage in face of an enemy stronger than himself; in this attitude he may advance or recede.  This attitude is a seventh, whose direction, instead of being lateral, is parallel to the body and antero-posterior.  In this position the body faces the forward leg, both legs being spread wide apart, as in the seventh, both receive an equal portion of the weight of the body.

9.  The ninth attitude is characteristic of defiance.  This attitude is a stiff second.  It differs only in that the free leg is rigid instead of being bent as in the second.  To execute this attitude thoroughly well the free leg must be stretched to the very utmost, without allowing the strong leg to bend as in the fourth, which is the only attitude where the strong leg should be bent.  To prevent this flexion, the body must be carried well over on the hip of the strong leg, so that the side of the free leg may be elongated.

Chart Considered from the Organic Point of View.

[Illustration]

  2.  The Son,
  3.  The Holy Ghost,
  1.  The Father.

Having examined the table organically, we will study it essentially.

Example.

What we have called eccentric, concentric and normal, we will call vitality, intellectuality and spirituality; lastly, having established this table from the organic and the essential point of view, it remains for us to examine it aesthetically and from a practical point of view.

Let us first examine a few gestures, for instance: 

Of the Hand.

3 colorless state abandonment
/\
/ \
/ \
/ 3 \
expansion 1 /________\ 2 prostration

3 exaltation                      3 power
/\                                /\
/  \                              /  \
/    \                            /    \
/   1  \                          /   2  \
1 /________\ 2                    1 /________\ 2
exasperation    execration     convulsive state    struggle

Of the Eye.

abandonment
/\
/ \
/ \
/ 3 \
indifference /________\ moroseness

stupor                    depression or somnolence
/\                                /\
/  \                              /  \
/    \                            /    \
/   1  \                          /   2  \
1 /________\ 2                    1 /________\ 2
surprise       firmness              contempt   contention of mind

Of the Torso.

dynamic apparatus
/\
/ \
/ \
/ 3 \
limbs /________\ head

larynx                      veil of the palate
/\                                /\
/  \                              /  \
/    \                            /    \
/   1  \                          /   2  \
1 /________\ 2                    1 /________\ 2
lungs          mouth              lips           tongue

AEsthetic Division.