New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-24

lures more less probable u follows as melancholy
matter Of course, that there val ne'thof DO nluon
coucruitY nor Gny very satisfactory defnonsia.on All
our epeeulGuons upon dreams" IL Is astonishing W
notice how manv and how different are tue OP1iobs
on the subject whjchsHr Seateld has fa,noien W
Cother Plato consideIed dreams 90 ehd1'lOns l'otn
the divinity. Aristotle reiened.them 10 tuo ImP.Ss
sion That objects Of outward eense mako upon inc
sODl Zeno tbouebt the study OF them conducive 10
acknowledge. Epioietus ADVISED me- pupiiS never
10 relate them. en'attaohed nucb IMPORTANCE u
the medical intelligence OF dreams ana they anoiu
symptoms 10 the modem honeopa'he tyson, Dicn
stimulated tv them 10 undertake his his
tOry~ Tertullian tLouGht some dreams o. 500 and
zone Of tbe devil. The good Bishop Ken and tho
bad ARCHBISHOP laud agreed IA considering Them tag-
rifcant for ey or ioT good Dr johnson TNayed@o
that bis departed wife, might appear and onighten
bim in dream. Richard Baxter dednced from them
an argument toy immortality TIE stern JotD New
toD, CowrcIs most orthodox freud, wrote
'Iuf though our dreams arc often cld
Like cloUds before tue driving storm,
Yet some important may he styled
bent 30 OduCnhb CT morn.
Coe tlioc ~ loast aud tie enough,
We learn From tbs sUr!f.slua i',';
Our dreams afford sg.ioicDt proof
The soul " tlCGt The tCsb can 6ct'
In an this each man follows his fancy n hIabLg Us
ntcVrc1 on, he creates sfcUaI law loj h,"seD'
and ,,snallv in lis exposition, he fails bach upon
his fancysso myes past and things TO cone 30 mag
rifes hSown importance and 50 beltUes the Jefula-
tons osLe Universe that ou O. Lia vanity, be- rind'
ness and bis Illogical license, It IS next 10 impossIie
that he should nv accident bit upon tue Truth WHICH
h.s dream might convey through some amostndep,Hu-
en-: moral influence. There hae never been duy 10
tora wav devised ol eXpound'nr dreams, ana ~
Lot probable that there Will be- bad lhey been
nece earv nfLe Divine Economy. ltlsnot piotdbe NAV
q due understanding q jhCm would nave ictb ceheu
u.s. On the contrary, with some r0table ehceptobe
thew lave been the.speC6l amusement a. tLe NNG"
and tie sOpcrtiiois. They dcho 60 much ndg ".I
facility, uLGer any c,TcGmSlanoef q iooh.iF 4h'o '
future o. oar inoIdD6to desire to lenelI"'o ls tcolu
ana 60 make Ourselves ceTan q WIN W"et remain
lie contrary. Tleye1 il no doubt that weak man
NAV educate himself into habit Cf dreaming, and Of
ray.ug q morbid attention 70 what re dreams. n &c
wishes for condolences he WI tId item; aud the
more be GnGs,,he easier u VIII be 70 mrltpiy tie
number aDd 20 MAKE o1t reconcile apr hCahons Lie
may he thus made utterly wTetched, amle6s aud hat
inc. by arervo1s habit of relying upon Tt-a! eld-
ance, when Heaven has designed thot n 81 oIdioaTy
affairs man shall rely proD himself
lfone would fully understand The utter attWd.'y
sitemptine,to give 10 dreams any 's"l m'aninr,
puuOte. present or proSpecGve yalue, Le must icOh
INTO "ib6 Dictionary Of Interpretations, from IRE
works Of Artemid9rCs all others, Which, ~. Seah.d
has appended 10 bis BOOK III" says the cage, iot
instance "yo1 dream that you gre barred, II stall
eniy that yon shaii lave as rocco w,ah as yea
have earth laid over you, "To dream Won eat chooe
signifies profit or gain" DO the monoi Waist often
dean of Stlon or Cheshire j, - good sen"to
dean Of going 20 The fGneial o. "a pfnco-sn hnlph'
lcatiOn Of R0chcioucal!d. Rc very c8Te!ui u !o9
wopld he happy not o. dream that yOu have injured
your hat-by getting q, brick iuo I for instance.
There is ore particular .nteJret0uonSpeC adapted
TO the meridian OF Washington TO dream mat one
is depOset and put out Of office, is III 70 ct0m, and u
he Ne SICK j. shows lie shall quickly die" II ttis
were true, what mortality or ether misfortune would
prevail ct the Capital ulOR tho incoming q rev az.
mEistTatioui We need give nc otfC y. ''IaLohE
even 4 these were needrd 10 convince Our Ie14cr Of
the apoliul folly OF attempting 70 Interpret dT@ms
which are merely the shadows e TcroaDg ard MOI o.
coming events. Dir. Ho6bes, the great hGIc-loaded
English philosopher who is q1oted by sea.
field, takes SIS shOuld have expected
'paTeIy physical view Of these phenomena.
q Ard seeing" saws he, dreams are caused by the
dstemper OF some Of the inward parts oi tho BODY,
divers distempers must cause dfereI' dreGns. And
hence il is that lying cold bIecdeh deans q ioar
and rsise,h the thought aud mage q some ieariuI
object (ihe motion from the BRAN to tbe iuDD parts,
and from the inner parts 10 me nTan, helng ncpIo
caN; and that as anger causeb beat m some parts OF
the BODY when we are awake, 20 when we tleep the
everheating ofsthe same paris cBg'eih tLfer' tuo
Jaseth up IN the brain the mag Cation O. lie enemy
In The same manner, as D6t0Ial kInduess, when We
are awake causeth desire, and desire makes'heat N
certain otter payfs Of the body also roo much beat
in these parts while sleep Iaseth 10 TIC BRAT an
imagination Of some kindness shown. In some on
dreams the reyerse;of oar waking lHagb"uoL me
motion when we are awake beginning at one ond, aud
when we dream at another" This is probably the best
explanation which can have OF dreams; and 1T ceT
tany leaves rs az q vide distance from anything Ike
a respectable and Trustworthy. Interpretation.
We once possessed a tobacco pipe OF extraordinary
large proportions, oapacioas enough for qrart q
CANISTER upon the bowl Of which the sentimental
German manyfactuTer with the view oi.catchiDf he
gloomy fancy Of some WertLeT Of a student, Rid IL
soribed, Life is all Dream I" AS the reflective
man looks back upon Lis many experiences, the good
hap and the soTrOw the achievements and beIoaye-,
Inents of the past, he sghs smiles at the phan,as
magoria and lie rarely fortunate if be can deduce from
il any intelligent lesson 70 guide bsfuaTe footsteps.
If We oansot always determine even when IN the
possession OF our waking senses, Tie vital truths
which human experience should demonstrate, we can
anticipate but little from study OF tho confused and
involuntary msginations Of sleep. They may Nc Gu
riosites for tie psychologist, materials for the poet
food for gossip incentives 10 reflections but that they
contain any peculiar and express revelation OF the
will aud purposes OF Providence, is more than We eau
prove and somewhat more than O sensitive and ner-
yous man would care 10 have proved 10 he own DIFF
satisfaction. Daylight sorrow is suftoienl-wahlDg
msery5s something more than we can bear The
world is really sad enough without making our beds
the nurseries Of apprehensive crocbets. The general
estimate Is wise and right. Dreams are etuf IN
worthy 10 feed our fears our hopes. Let them be
speedily forgotten as otenest they aIe, OF jet them
be only laughngly remembered