EXPRESSION. 5! 



latissimus dorsi on the greatest stretch, and sweep 

 it downwards and backwards, with the palm turned 

 away from the body, and no gesture of the limb 

 can more thoroughly express the putting away of 

 something vile. Nay, more, if the same movement 

 be carried out also by the forearm and hand, the 

 gesture begins with the palm in front of the face as 

 if to conceal from the eyes what is loathsome, and 

 passes from this to the removal of it altogether. 

 Yet it is a gesture applied to the intangible and 

 invisible ; by it the cleric puts away false doctrine, 

 and the fastidious sublimely brands a notion as 

 vulgar. 



In like manner, slight movements of the arms 

 express the hugging of an idea to the bosom 

 when nothing but what is thoroughly impersonal is 

 thought of, and the fingers bend as if to keep a 

 something in the hand when nothing but delightful 

 sentiment is concerned. Thus, one may frequently 

 see among children at play, when an amusement is 

 proposed, the right or more active arm thrown up- 

 wards and inwards towards the opposite shoulder, 

 and the hand gently closed, while the word " come " 

 is on the lips, and that when no removal to another 

 place is intended. It is partly the expression of a 

 wish for all to join in concert, partly it expresses 

 the pleasure with which the object to be joined in is 



