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posture very analogous to what would be seen if 

 the child were going off into a fit. This analogy was 

 not pleasing. In the admirable piece of statuary 

 executed for Messrs. Pears and Co., and exhibited 

 by them at the Paris Exhibition, the " Dirty Boy " 

 does not like being washed ; he rebels against it, 

 and would escape if he could. The free hand is 

 very expressive : the knuckles are somewhat flexed 

 though the fingers are straight, and the thumb is 

 strongly pressed against the index finger. This 

 posture is so analogous to the convulsive hand as 

 to express well the semi-convulsive condition of 

 the boy. 



Antagonistic conditions of the mind are probably 

 often indicated by antithetical postures. 



Fig. 45. Showing Facial Zones. 



