A fairly accurate guide to character is certainly contained in the
shape of the hand. Hands may be roughly divided into two classes--broad
and long. A person having a _long hand_ you may judge to have great
capacity for mental effort and matters of detail.
The broad-handed person you may expect to be a strong man physically;
his culture will be bodily rather than mental. He could with advantage
improve his culture by reading, and by enjoying the best music.