chener's cannot help but be
regarded as of great importance. In it, the rules of Palmistry that I
have given in the following pages are borne out in all their details.

Returning to the impression of this remarkable hand; even in shape alone
one may read by the rules of this science the following clearly-marked
characteristics:

Length of fingers--intellectuality (page 134), strong determination and
will-power (chapter on the Thumb, page 127), mentality and firm
determination of purpose (_see_ Line of Head, page 17).

The remarkable Line of Fate running up the centre of the hand and turning
towards the first finger, denotes ambition and domination over others
(page 52).

The Line of Success and Fame, starting on the hand from the Line of Life
and ascending to the base of the third finger, exactly coincides with the
period in Lord Kitchener's career when he began to find recognition and
success (page 63).

As in my larger work on this subject I published Gladstone's hand as a
remarkable illustration of the truth that may be found in this study, so
in this present work with the same confidence I give this illustration of
Lord Kitchener's as another proof of character indicated in the shape and
lines of the hand, and as it has been said so often that "Character is
Destiny," so it is surely not illogical to point out that in following
the rules laid down by this study one may obtain a clear idea of the
destiny that the Character, Will, and Individuality trace out in
advance--tracks, as it were, stretching far out into the distant future
for the engine of purpose and achievement to find already laid and ready
to be used at the "appointed time."

In conclusion, as I have now completely retired from all professional
work, I may be allowed to point out that I am not publishing this book
with the idea of seeking clients. I have no desire but to see this
strange study taken up as a useful and practical means of obtaining an
exact judgment of the character, qualities, and hidden tendencies that
might otherwise be ignored.

I think that if all parents knew at least something of Palmistry, the
vast majority of children would be more usefully trained and their proper
tendencies developed.

It is often too late when a child discovers--and most probably by
accident--some tendency or talent that had never been suspected by its
parents.

It is no wonder that so few persons find their true vocations in the
world, when it is re