A concordance of graphology and physiognomy / by R.D. Stocker.

  • Richard Dimsdale Stocker
Date:
[between 1900 and 1910]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A concordance of graphology and physiognomy / by R.D. Stocker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But, putting aside all objections (to which, by the way, any one who has investigated the subject declines to listen), there is positively no doubt whatever that Graphology is a perfectly reliable guide to character, and I am, indeed, not at all sure but that the material it affords for the analysis of character, &c., is not even more comprehensive than the data the human face furnishes to the Physiognomist. Certain persons, I believe, con- sider at any rate that such is the case. But there are many reasons for which the science of Graphology is justly esteemed. It is capable of being utilised, for example, in delineating an individual’s character when that person is not present; and quite unconsciously to the subject, we are considering his character by a means that is far indeed from his thoughts. But Graphology is of the greatest service as an art for discovering our friends’ and acquaintances’ real, true, down-at-bottom characters, and, con- sequently, it is for this reason that its remarkable ability and power should never induce the student to slight its capabilities by joking about it, or attempting to analyse character by its methods before giving considerable study and practical experience to it, especially. I, myself, however, would by no means discount D