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    Mind Your P's and Q's: A Useful and Entertaining Book Which Puts Graphology Entirely in the Hands of the Layman and Enables Him to Analyze Any Handwriting Whatsoever Without Study or Knowledge of the Subject
    Mind Your P's and Q's: A Useful and Entertaining Book Which Puts Graphology Entirely in the Hands of the Layman and Enables Him to Analyze Any Handwriting Whatsoever Without Study or Knowledge of the Subject
    Mind Your P's and Q's: A Useful and Entertaining Book Which Puts Graphology Entirely in the Hands of the Layman and Enables Him to Analyze Any Handwriting Whatsoever Without Study or Knowledge of the Subject
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    Mind Your P's and Q's: A Useful and Entertaining Book Which Puts Graphology Entirely in the Hands of the Layman and Enables Him to Analyze Any Handwriting Whatsoever Without Study or Knowledge of the Subject

    By Jerome S. Meyer

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    A fascinating and funny guide on how to read handwriting and divine personality traits from it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 31, 2013
    ISBN9781473386884
    Mind Your P's and Q's: A Useful and Entertaining Book Which Puts Graphology Entirely in the Hands of the Layman and Enables Him to Analyze Any Handwriting Whatsoever Without Study or Knowledge of the Subject

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      Mind Your P's and Q's - Jerome S. Meyer

      MIND YOUR

      P’s and q’s

      A useful and entertaining book which puts graphology entirely in the hands of the layman and enables him to analyze any handwriting whatsoever without study or knowledge of the subject

      BY

      JEROME S. MEYER

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgment

      Preface

      How To Use This Book

      An Analysis

      Comparison Diagrams

      Key Section

      Index of Characteristics

      The Handwriting of Some Famous People Analysed

      PREFACE

      Sitting opposite you in a street car are two men whom you have never seen before. One is dressed in a bright, checked suit and wears a flashy tie with a diamond stick pin in it. On his hat is a vivid hat band, and in his lapel a red carnation. The other wears a simple blue serge suit with a subdued tie and no stick pin. Which man would you say had the more modest personality?

      Below are shown the handwritings of each man. Would there be any question in your mind which writing belonged to the flashy dresser?

      Again, you observe two men on the street. The first walks with a slow, straggling step. He drags his feet. He carries himself poorly. He is dressed sloppily. The other man walks with a brisk, snappy step. His whole manner is crisp and active. He is neatly dressed and carries himself perfectly. Would there be any doubt in your mind which of these men was the more energetic?

      Could you possibly conceive of the first man with his sluggish straggling manner, writing this quick, animated hand?—

      Is it not obviously ridiculous that a person whose whole manner is lazy, should suddenly become energetic, lively, and physically active as soon as he takes hold of a pen?

      This is just pure common sense. A little reflection will convince you that the fundamental qualities in one’s make-up appear unconsciously in everything he does,—whether it is in sharpening a pencil, walking, manner of dress, or what-not. Our friend, the flashy dresser, is always subconsciously determined to attract the attention of others or he would not dress in the manner in which he does. For this reason, also, he writes with a flourish, shading his writing, making it beautiful, and crying out, Look at me! Here I am!

      In contrast, note this specimen:

      It is the handwriting of one of the greatest men the world has ever known. Like the Emancipator’s famous Gettysburg Address there are no flourishes, no ornate capitals, no pretentiousness. It runs along smoothly, forcibly, and simply, as if Lincoln had put his whole personality at the end of his pen.

      Here is another example which requires little explanation:

      The writer could have written fully ten times as many words as he did in the space that

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