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- ↑ Spiegel des Unvergänglichen. List-Bücher (in German). Eric Singer (ed.). Munich: Paul List Verlag. 1955.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Singer, Eric (1986). A Manual of Graphology. Treasure Press.
- ↑ "The Story of Graphology". atozhandwriting.com. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ "About the British Institute of Graphologists". British Institute of Graphologists. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ Singer, Eric (1991). Handwriting and Marriage. British Institute of Graphologists.
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