Cheiro (Count de Hamong). Cheiro’s Language of the Hand

New York : F. Tennyson Neely, London: W. Nichols & CO. 1897. — 316 p.Containing Illustrations of the Wonderful Scientific Invention the Apparatus for “Thought Photography and Register of Cerebral Force”.
In placing the following work before the public, though deeply conscious of my responsibility, I am also conscious of the good that may be derived through such a study. I have therefore endeavored to write, not for any distinct class, but for all, believing in the ultimate universal acceptance of those natural laws which constitute nature and control mankind, and which are peculiarly exemplified by this study of the hand.
A trifie is concealed immensity—the atom is equal to the whole in the importance of its existence ; if, therefore, this study be considered by some too trivial for their attention, I would remind them that many of the greatest truths the world has known, though once considered trivialities, have become sources of infinite power. I would ask of such people nothing more than that they investigate this “ atom ” for themselves, resting assured that the study will prove its truth, whether examined from the palmistic theory, or from the fact that “ progressive specialization of structure ” produces suit- ability of shape, which by study can be classed under various heads dealing with those characteristics common to occupations, surroundings, and temperaments.