The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-08-31
VISIONS AND DREAMS
(By D. L. Bryan.)

l was interested, to speak it mild
ly, in an article which appeared in
the Knoxville Sentinel a few days
ago. mystery of Dreaming. But
the idea of the writer seemed to
make Dreams and Visions, one and
the same. In my humble opinion,
they are as dissimilar as Mars and
Jupiter, or, to make a greater dis
similarity, Saturn and Jupiter.
We have visions when, we are
awake and in moments of deepest
thought; when questions of the
greatest concern are solved; Doctors
study the condition, and diagnose
the affection, or malady, with which
the patient is suffering; Lawyers
come to a conclusion concerning the
salient points involved in a lawsuit {;
Lecturers weave into their lectures,
the finest thoughts and the most per
feet language; SculptOrs study and
plan the most exquisite designs for
the most fastidious patron; Mathe-
maticians solve the most intricate
problems; Diplomats study how to
please-and, at the same time make
things beneficial to themselves, to
their country and to foreign powers;
Mineralogists dive deep into the sol
id earth and bring up the hidden
mysteries of gravitation; Parents
study the character and disposition
of the child. The Musician studies
how to sing and play so as to please
his audience; the Miser amasses rich
es with his eyes wide open, and his
visions are conferred upon things of
better days; the Farmer gathers the
golden grain; the Banker looks at
bills until, his eyes are dim, and his
brain weak and weary. But all lie
down to sleep: the Doctor dreams of
the death or recovery of his patient;
the Lawyer dreams of the victory or
defeat in his lawsuit; the Mathema-
tician dreams of the solution of the
most intricate problems; Lecturers
see great crowds of people and
dream of the sums of money they
expect to get for a certain amount
of hot air; Sculptors dream of man
soleums and designs, the most near.
ly perfect; Diplomats dream of
things pertaining to the business to
which their diplomacy refers; Miner
alogists dream of the nuggets of
gold and silver, they have never
mined, and awake with an aching
back because, of the heavy burdens
they carried in their dreams, Parents
dream of the death of some dear one
and awake to find it all dream.
The brain being the center of the
nervous system, never sleeps, be-
cause, a dream is the product of an
active brain. If the brain should |
cease to be active, the possessor
would be dead, because the brain is
the great masterpiece of the work |
ing machinery of man.
There may be causes for unpleas-
ant dreams, and, wenu Aready to |
announce affirmative NestiosS 1.
caused BY eatinamaaunGss
the o -; -th1 Z, - clog 7
red IND Tetarde}4ls Ind the brain, the
center of the nervous system, fails
10 keep up an equilibrium and the
body wrestles with difficulties which
are unnatural, and therefore, injuri-
ous to the whole body-and, especi-
ally, to the nervous system.
The body is semi inanimate, when
We sleep and dream, but the power
'ul influence of one mind upon
another is no more mysterious than
he activity of the brain of the
lreamer.
The brain is said to be insensible to
ouch; Doctors trephine a patient