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Some gestures that seem natural, such as joined hands in prayer, are apparently learnt like words
Drawn from what Charles Darwin said
What Charles Darwin actually said
- Charles Darwin British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury
Certain other gestures, which seem to us so natural that we might easily imagine that they were innate, apparently have been learnt like the words of a language. This seems to be the case with the joining of the uplifted hands, and the turning up of the eyes, in prayer.
Where this was said
↗The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)gutenberg.org
All 18 korrents from this piecethis one is 13th
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