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150   HISTORIC GROWTH OF MAN.

NORMAL SYSTEM OF GESTURES.   151

This one is attached along the spine from the base of the skull to below the middle of the back. There is a wide difference of direction for the fibers in the various parts o f each muscle. At the lower part of the PECTORIS is a bundle of fibers that lies =n the same line as the brain organ of appetite. This part of the muscle is used to reach down and get our food when eating. In reaching forward and down, to feel of things and `,o place things in order, we rise the fibers marked form, order and sensation. The gestures of memory and attention are made by the bundle marked by these words. Above this bundle are those of reason, culture and philanthropy.

In stooping down and

helping a person to get up,

we use the bundle marked kindness. The organ of faith gives a still higher gesture. That of hope is almost vertical, and that of integrity is quite so.

The INTERNAL OBLIQUE muscle acts down and back in the line of destruction. This muscle assists

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