Carrying the hand to the forehead indicates intelligence.  Here we seek relief from embarrassment, in the other head movements we do not seek it.  The one is a mental, the others are purely physical efforts.  In the latter case one becomes violent and would fain give blows with his fist.

An infinite number of movements proceed from these various seats.

We have now reached the semeiotic standpoint, that of these very clear plans, the very starting point of gesture.

The articular centres of the arms are called thermometers:  the wrist, that of the organic physical life; the shoulder, that of the sensitive life; and the elbow, that of the relative life.

The thumb has much expression; drawn backward it is a symbol of death, drawn forward it is the sign of life.  Where there is abundance of life, the thumb stands out from the hand.  If a friend promises me a service with the thumb drawn inward, he deceives.  If with the thumb in the normal state, he is a submissive but not a devoted friend.  He cannot be very much counted upon.  If the thumb stands outward, we may rely upon his promise.

We still find life, soul and mind in each division of the body.

There are also a buccal, an occipital and an abdominal life.

The body of man, with all its active and attractive foci, with all its manifestations, may be considered an ellipse.

These well-indicated divisions may be stated in an analytic formula: 

+—­ LIFE:  Occipital. -+
|-- MIND:  Temporal.   |-
|-- SOUL:  Parietal.  -+
|-- MIND:  Frontal.   -+ --+
|-- SOUL:  Buccal.     |-  |
|-- LIFE:  Genal.     -+   |
/ -- MIND:  Thoracic.  -+   |
Attractive centres.-  -- SOUL:  Epigastric. |-  |
\ —­ LIFE:  Abdominal. -+    \
|-- LIFE:  Shoulders. -+     - Expressive centres.
|-- SOUL:  Elbows.     |-   /
|-- MIND:  Wrists.    -+   |
|-- LIFE:  Thigh.     -+   |
|-- SOUL:  Knee.       |-  |
+—­ MIND:  Foot.      -+ —­+

This is the proper place to fix the definition of each division by some familiar illustration.

Let us take an individual in a somewhat embarrassed situation.  He is a gentleman who has been overcome by wine.  We see him touching the temporal bone, or the ear, as if to seek some expedient:  the strategic mind is there.

Let us begin with the descending gamut, and let the hand pass over all the divisions of the attractive centres.

At the occiput:  Here is an adventure!  I have really had too strong a dose of them!

At the parietal bone:  What a shame!

At the temporal bone:  What will the people say of me?

At the forehead:  Reason however tells me to pause.

At the buccal zone:  How shall I dare reappear before those who have seen me in this state!

At the genal zone:  But they did serve such good wine!

At the breast:  Reason long ago advised temperance to me.

At the epigastrium:  I have so many regrets every time I transgress!