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theless, at the end of about sixty-five years, I still vividly
recall dreaming, when about two years old, of being carried in
the arms of a negress and of biting a large piece out of her
bare shoulder. There was, I believe, but one family of negroes in the
village; and I was probably never really carried in the arms of
a negress. I do not recollect being scared by the dream, though
I had a sort of horror at the idea of having done such a thing.
It seems to me unaccountable that I should remember that
dream so long. It is a mere visual picture in my memory, with
some skin-sensation attached. It is a stretch of language to call
it a thinking of a thought; and although no other habit has
resulted, the remembrance is itself a remarkable habit.
The instance certainly does not suffice to capsize the theory. I remain con-

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theless, at the end of about sixty-five years, I still vividly
recall dreaming, when about two years old, of being carried in
the arms of a negress and of biting a large piece out of her
bare shoulder. There was, I believe, but one family of negroes in the
village; and I was probably never really carried in the arms of
a negress. I do not recollect being scared by the dream, though
I had a sort of horror at the idea of having done such a thing.
It seems to me unaccountable that I should remember that
dream so long. It is a mere visual picture in my memory, with
some skin-sensation attached. It is a stretch of language to call
it a thinking of a thought; and althought no other habit has
resulted, the remembrance is itself a remarkable habit.
The instance certainly does not suffice to capsize the theory. I remain con-