Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-12-29
wHGaG MYRIAD MEMORIES DWELL.

WHINE NVWsO WtNONto oWtAA.
"Dld II ever occur io YOU a. think
how many million. ~ millions ~ mem
orie. are stored away In your brsinF'
asked q learned msn of Washington
Star writer. "usmorl~. are commonly
thought of a. things possessing neither
form nor substance, hut psyrhophy si,al
.cieuc- to-day consider. that each mrm-
DRY !. an actual thing With -h,p- sni
structure 10 ". own. Dwelling In the
r.gion ~ the mind the memofl". are pre-
set,ci aud constantly nouTislIcsi by ID.
oxygen ~ the blood which surrounds
ihsm In the delicate capillary vessels.
"rhs place. where th. dlii-rcnt kini.
of mcmorie. srr located arr not Distinct
TRAIT. separated from on- another hy
d.tnlte boundaries. From thl. notion
sprang the delusion called 'phfvnology.
They arr scattered about al over ih.
conyolui-i .uff,C. II the brsin. VT
there are Corn.r. where memories ~ thr
same Kind ar- thickly ,rosdc,i. Low
down CA each aide II ih. heal al'oS. tn
ear. are groap-d Image. ~ sounds.
There are all the oh uur.sry rhymr.,
college soug., sonata, aud the OI'erss
that h.,, d.llghtei us. Near hV srr ihr
wori. ~ our mother tongue. They 1--we
deep Ia the fold. 81 tlssur- Call.i
'>llVus, la the thlpi frontal conS oluil0n.
NJ the ,cr.c. IL oar childhood, ~ which
sc have not thought for year. anil yesr.,
are thsw. The front corner ~ the
'sphenoiial' lobe y. "a. seat 20 smell,
perfumes, aud odor. pleasant ani
ii.agrv-sblc. The part 10 ~. brain
b.n.,ih the back 10 the skull loo
down !. full 10 lmsgr., aud gloNs
With colot~i plcturr. ~ al kind.. There
are the dear old fsc-. IL our fh-ais;
ih.f, are the landscape. sni all manner
81 Instantaneous photograph. ~ former
sight. sni cxIerienc...
"iIchlnd the bony vail ~ the forehead
though. ~ a mor sb,,rsct order ar.
throbblng. There arr phllo .ophlcal r..
fiectlons aud matthew ,tic.l pfohlcm..
''On top 80 the had, where Il ruand.
% toward the back. arv to - iounl tho
mO,rmsni. ~ our limb. IN their mo.t
complicated combinations. IN Ike "a tn-
n.r al the memofic. aud IDEAS arr At
ranged ani di.thbuts,l. The mind may
D. considered a. an immsns- empire IL
innumefthle spirit. that live together
In Tho nsrroS spsr ~ about q quarter
- cubic foot. spirit. they arr, h~,tuss
they Arv p.ychlcsl rxistsnvvs. Vet az
the sane time they arc "a ,isri II o. ,liti".,
having living form. ~ bo,iily prrs"nc-,
| .us,ainsl by ia. nouri.hing current. 81
the blood.
"Thl. vast spiritual empire IN the hu-
man brain I. s,cellently provided With
telegraph lines for inisryommunlraiion.
Thu. arr forn-l what 80 call sssocls-
,ion. ~ IDEAS. II hapT-n. that c-r-
tain number of idea. a.socl.t" ih-in-
| ssl,c. together go as a. form something
nes. Ia. an lnS.uiion or porm, tie
discovery or 'lusplr,tlon' u gsh"r,si Into
our consciousness. a. II from Without.
L. II a. BE- wondered 81 that the poet, the
artist, tho prophet, sfc under the lm.
precision that they ar Instruments m"fr-
lv IN the hand. ~ greater onr thin
th.mscly-.f
VOLUNTARY motion. 20 the body de-
p-ni upon the m,mory picture. Ia "a"
gray matter ~ The hrain. When . fog
la. bs-u deprived 10 u. c-r-brsl hsml.-
phcr-. II Nill not make any movement 81
IL. own acconi. In fact, u cannot, b.
cause all u. memory picture. have b~-n
taken away. II enjoys COOL phy.lcal
health. II turned on It, back, Il Will
rice Ia u. feet. " Initiated u ~ill make
too or thr-c jump. With = View ~ ~scap-
Ing Wh~u thrusn into water u Viii
-sim until u touches the vail ~ thu
basln, then u will crr-p up on the elg-
AMI remain thrr-. MI thee. motions
sr- simple rrhrSr. protuc,si by core.
/ spending lrritstl0u.. Without Irritation
there !. no m1Scnrnt-np voluntary ac-
tlon whatever. 4 bfainlcss frog left Z"
lts-lf Niil rvmaln quietly on a.. sPot
where u la. b--n pl,cr,l, "a u asleep; "
will tax. No food, bstray. Bo Cou.giDus'
n-s. 10 hunger ot thir.i, shows me- .ign
of fear, aud, unlc.. srtin,ially led, Will
la tim. dry up Ike mummy -i III
this bccsus. IT. memory picture. have
been taken away. The great novelist
struck wonderful truth ln p.ych'l0sy
~hen be wrote the story - The Hunt
.d Man who.- vl.h that he coul'l IT, dc-
priyei ~ recollection sss granted 10y
the >h.dos."