EXPRESSION. SI 
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 
