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Today it is perfectly natural for us to shake hands
when we greet someone, or say good-bye. But like so many other things we do
without thinking such actions at one time probably{{U}} {{U}} 1
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2 {{/U}} {{/U}}life the hand was probably a symbol of power and{{U}}
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animals and make spears and tools. So when the hand was{{U}} {{U}}
4 {{/U}} {{/U}}to someone, it could have represented good will, since it
showed that the person was not{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}or
ready to fight. We know that the hand was an important symbol
in early{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}, probably as a mark of
power. The Greeks{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}to their gods with
raised hands. Presenting hands palm to palm was at one time the way an inferior
person paid respect to a{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}Among the
Arabs,{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}Later on, polite Arabs began to
resist the efforts of people to kiss their hands, and sometimes they would
end up clasping hands as each tried to prevent the other from showing this mark
of "inferiority". {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}.
The hand and what was done with it have been full of meaning to people down
through the ages.{{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}.