As I described earlier in these pages, the right and left hands should be examined together to note what difference there may be in the shape and position of the lines, but the markings on the right hand are the only ones to be relied on.
Lastly, do not be for ever on the lookout for faults and failings in the subject whose hands you may be examining, remember no one is perfect, and that faults and failings may in the end be as stepping stones "by which we rise from our dead selves to higher things."
Transcriber's notes
P([ix]) d'Arpentigny corrected to D'Arpentigny
P[10] dveloped corrected to developed.
P[76] forshadows corected to foreshadows
P[63] Removed extraneous comma.
P[130] Period added at the end of a paragraph.
P[132] Added "is called the Finger of" instead of " to clarify.
P[135] Period added before a capital The.
P[142] decribed corrected to described.
P[158] Extra opening parenthesis removed.