No matter how intellectual a man or woman may look, the lines on the hand will indicate whether or not they have developed their intellectuality.

In this way it will be seen that a study of the hand becomes a far more accurate guide than the study of the face.

Many men and women may have handsome, intellectual faces and yet prefer sport or outdoor life to any mental pursuit or exercise.
Turning from an examination of the direction of ending of the Line of Head, the student must next examine the indications of the beginnings of this important Line.

For example, the Line of Head may commence in three distinct different ways.
(1) From inside the Line of Life (1-1, Plate I.).
(2) Joined to the Line of Life (2-2, Plate I.).
(3) And outside the Line of Life (3-3, Plate I.).
The first is the most uncertain of all.

It denotes an over-sensitive, over-cautious, timid person.