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PALMISTRY
FOR ALL
Palmistry for All, by Cheiro
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Title: Palmistry for Al
Author: Cheiro
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PALMISTRY
FOR ALL
CONTAINING NEW INFORMATION ON THE STUDY OF THE HAND
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED
BY
CHEIRO
WITH A PREFACE TO AMERICAN READERS
AND
WITH UPWARDS OF SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1916 BY G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Published, May, 1916
‘Twenty-second ImpressionMade in the United States of America
PREFACE
TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
There is no country in the world where the "study of character" is more indulged
in than in the United States of America. During my many visits there I could not
help remarking how even the "hardest headed" business men used any form of
this study that they could get hold of to help them in their business dealings with
other men and also in endeavouring to ascertain the character of their clerks and
employees.
In looking over the records of my career I find that in the course of my visits to
America I gave private lessons to the heads of two hundred and seventy business
establishments in New York, one hundred and thirty-five in Boston, and three
hundred and forty-two in Chicago.
All these men were large employers of labour and what they principally wanted
was, to have some help beyond that of their own judgment in dealing with those
with whom they came in contact in the regular course of their business careers.
In no other country did I find the same interest taken in the study of character
from a practical standpoint.
Itis for this reason that I write a special Preface for this Edition, believing as I
do that my American readers will appreciate the added information I may be
able to give regarding the obtaining by a mere glance at a hand a quick grasp of
the leading characteristics of the persons with whom they are thrown into
contact, or for whatever reason they choose to make use of this study.
Everyone knows that "the face can wear a mask," that a person may be a good
actor and put on a certain expression that may deceive even the best judgment.
But hands cannot change as the result of a mere effort to please; the character
they express is the real nature of the individual--the true character that has been
formed by heredity or that has grown up with the person by long years of habit.