The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-11-12
SLEEP AND DREAMS.

SLEEP AND DREAMS.
Il Uneonsciousness. Z
:. Inofder TO 60 with sincerity TO the
botto4 of things It is: necessary 20
know the nature Of thought, and how
it is born and multiplied in the brain
Unfortunately we are hero reduced to
comparisons, to approximations As
soon as sensitive impression reaches
the brain. it is Immediately received
with its recognized characteristics, and
awakens a certain number of ideas
which are attached to it by the rela-
tons of casualty, coincidence. simili-
tude; by the conception Of causes. the
of resemblance or of varied affinities.
These ideas in their turn arouse others.
which are bound to them in similar
manner one after the other. Each of
these is accompanied By different
sentiments, more or less intense.
of fear. hope, anger, disgust. de-
sire, eto Alone and simple at the
outset, where it Is born to state
of simple perception of a sensible
Impression, it Is extended, modified.
sometimes completely transformed, in
every case multiplying but by degrees
becoming weaker. After having been
several times depressed and raised up
again. it loses little by little in intensi-
ty according to the measure with which
it has gained in extent; after which it is
spent with the energy contained in
itself and the cells which it has put in
motion 1t is very rare for an idea to
thus run its entire course without inter
ruptioA, Almost always new impress
sion is produced during the course Of
the first. which turns the attention to
itself and momentarily interrupts the
course of the preceding, which is not
turns later. if nothing opposes it. New
sensitive impressions are again pro-
duced which take their place, and in
their turn oppose those which succeed
them as they opposed those which pre-
ceded. Each interferes in some
way with the others turning them
aside, arresting or reinforcing them
according to the meaning of the
encounter. Each is compelled to sub
nit. at a given moment, to passing or
definite prohibition, after which it re-
awakens, as an elastic substance re-
lieved from that which had compressed
it. One understands, that while awake
the continual production OF new Inn
pressions leaves little opportunity to
preceding ones to renew their INSTRUCTED
evolution. Thousands of impressions
are thus every day relegated almost
from the moment Of their birth to the
domain of oblivion Only a small mum.
Der, on account of the interest which
they have for us, or the vivacity of the
sentiments which they awaken. have
the power to force themselves upon us.
and to monopolize attention to the ex-
clusion OF tho others When the hour
OF sleep comes the fatigued brain
moves more and more slowly
the sensitive impressions, dimin
ished by the closing of the eye
lids, by the silence of the sleeping room,
| are perceived gently. and arouse only
confused ideas. Finally the conscious
ness of living is lost or sleeps Then
freed from this temporary restraint, the
cerebral impressions arouse themselves;
ideas, released from the
| weight of new impressions, born with
out cessation, resume their interrupted
course, and wage a conflict between
| themselves only. Is it not natural that
! the most restrained should now have
the upper hand? They are so many
bent springs, and small spring, thai
| has reached its utmost expansion, l.
more powerful than larger one which
| has almost regained its position of in
ertia. Tho large springs are our strons
| impressions, our laborious thoughts
whose energy we have almost Exhausted
In developing them to sheir limit; the
! small ones are the thousand nothings.
| driven back because we have something
better with which to occupy ourselves.
or compressed by the weight of things
more important These obstacles re-
moved, they are able to relax, and man.
ifest an unexpected energy. Such is
the origin of our dreams; this is the
reason why one impression FREEDOM
mates over another during sleep; this
/ the explanation Of that paradoxical fact
| that we dream oftenest of things for
efgn to our strongest and most vivid
ideas-Chicago Saturday Evening Her
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