The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-17
ILLUSIONS OF MEMORY.

ILLUSIONS OF MEMORY II. F. as' .a, Nss.a A#sH#ss= Fz.4
 During h. coasa.sal9 n lss a.d Hawthorn va> i-..eet9as ..eaf as9ora. 4aG @hilc vlsIiin. S.af.toa z CT; nc lad :. eursaas psst1o.o,feaH eSHe38eaee. ase=a he qcse.ibes ln "lIa 9'.d Home. N h. ing aoce. ttls l9cdaty lnsxfc>f,L LI.r more than inc ks. hea ei the 4u eEi castle. beaDc hearth ,Iifsy feet square there were iva huge h.e- places. ased n oloen times fe- fa..s:tf.s vsa whole. wh3.e he s7nose .oau5. is V 2, through sieA, aees .a tae loo; sesra., feet aoove Thss Ioa,a is ene vast chimneY the toush life ios ~ Us tl4tk- enes. wlte he st4oxc and seot of Cea- turies. and | ated oa., rom f6e aper- tufes above. Now. he pIaze. au:es Hawthorne !" DeinE a7laoaI ! pafaiIe. m England and therefore necessarily beyond the experience ei n Amencan. t Is somewra. remarkable that whiie we stood gaHns al ihe kis,i.sn. was haaut- ed anc per p.eAed hY all ldea ;ha, some where CT other nd seen lasi this strange spectacle before. The heish., the .5I@ekness he Gisnai veld .,es9rt ny eyes, seemed as ,agi,ila. A. ;l.e Ieeogous neatness oi my srarlmeihef's kitchen.
 ThIs incident. to hieh the au:hu, sequel w,l. b. e.ven i.,er, .4irly iuiro- duces, think. The ial.o..ns study oi very odd sentiment 1T [; soristimes omes over Is IT the oiosnafy Ian at thought and action that thc entire present situation IS no: new. but merely the repetition Of former 1nr. ]: .s no, d. ways easy,o pu, thl. ieelGng iE.o language; II var es from Ihe vasaeI suspicion to the ln;ensest conslcaon. Ne-ex l4im inwaraiy: Why. A4ec seen CT thought this ali before. and ye;. the most ohi- gent se.l-A ot memory i4is;ns ;o oonnIIn the impression. we 5nt.f we have been deceived. in al. las s.e.e .s ..n absence of the s.Isht shock o-esssIored u sur prise, bu: 4: tin.e. ,Eese easaes tee.lae of JEeAsiress and 4 tG4l discomfort. espe-lats v -eu this s-nee If eAi!ieT ex- pef.eaee 's SD s,raaE ;ht. a iotecas, of what IS Io follow seems lnpca ftng. Ne may De listening to ]. Ee. aad e.s3oFate musical 'oosl,iee. or aoseI5ed IT reaG.rg . Fecen. novel CT pe .ps sa inc mifist oi a iaree psny oi Derr'c. wheu Il Comes ovel D, tnal r ls at n old so '. Sometimes travsleTs tel of considerable d'Saa e,utmrn: u.os lcoh- ing ou, oger some 'ts oGs ls;aa-e ape tcr the hrsi time sapf tin.ft. be ause there vas -eue 9i tise Gesitsh,l aad coveted scnee q! n4veir.. 4sh+le etaers have gone from s,test - stree ia s,rang, el,y. :esfe'al : every i-r, be- cause aa step seems s.aaoeeea F cn 1T dream :-.s state Q, fnfrd oce ars Nlth wage ane Jls cuani4 l. sense ai is..t- ing dreane. the same as: =. | se0I5Ie.s the e9..stcr of some aetsefs. e-sstsIg their pTig ga;esi .nsps.4,.o1s efo-lg a4h;y. tod yor, he other day sas ;he Auta1ra, at Inc ' essf4si lapc. "ta4; never ~ra.e | llnc 2; verse that seemed 10 me comparatively good. bGi II appsat ed cd q: oaee. a;d often IS fl '. had been 5ofowec.
 Kossetu expresses tae i4ea 5e u;ifI.iy in ore Q; Ire some of :ae House 5f Life
 "I have beea here before
 But ~hen or ao csanos trlI
 knoA tte gft- t. md the ao9r
 The sweet. @cen sH.rt..
 The galas sound, Iae lights 4te .s.5! ss.
 shore.
 Aou have been ulne aefgre.-
 HoA iong ag0 may uoi saue
 But 1st Nilrt ai iA4i A altaa sasF
 Your neck turned so.
 Some Sel dtd tA!l.-i ka-N i ail of so5-.'' Waiter Scott. 100. spoke oi i; .s the setimen: of preeNis,ence azi owing to the naiafa tendency 10 seek remote causes. many poe;icai nature have. per haps, felt that. these flashes are the sudden recollec'iCrs cf a pfttsous east ence. .-a thought se.. knea I sa Words worIhs lines
 Our birth IS 9l, iecp ane s fsss sl.lag The sou. that rises N-'h -s, cssr ss-e -fff Hats had elsewhere its Sett'ae
 And ecneis rom sf4F.
 This interpretation IS ore of sever :tat have beer pu, upon piato's docnIEe oi the immortality of idca and p-- hesiag in the pr-esssi-nee et ,he sc-l he ma.' have consistently held tila, one state h ss | dim memory of he oFe 2rr- ceding. although his -@' lad ~ideiy different signIncance from o4r WeyG 3ces- A great argument. wrote Ca,-ro " De Seneciu,e. ia tavo- of fae sg>s that men know mary thugs before iaeir birth, IS in the fact mat boys n course oi learning difficult, saosec,s assiuali4te countless things so quic<ly tha; they seem for tue frs. time to hear them. but to Ienember znc recall them from the