18 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letter's. 



It appears then that the proxy may take its place as well be- 

 fore the principal as after. The former usage, being somewhat 

 imfreqnent and rather artificial, may be neglected, as its exami- 

 nation reveals only results, I think, which are corollary or con- 

 verse to those obtained by studying the more normal retrospec- 

 tives. To these, accordingly, attention will from now on be spe- 

 ciallv directed. 



III. TIIEIE DISTANCE YIRO^L THE PRINCIPAL. 



In reckoning this, the sentence-end affords a convenient land- 

 mark. ]^o doubt, before this be reached, ideas begin to fade or, 

 changing figure, to withdraw ; yet, until it be reached, they must 

 be clear enough and near enough to permit association with their 

 fellows. Otherwise, the thought of the moment would be im- 

 possible. But, after the sentence-end, they must be so faint or 

 so distant that they will not, unless invited, associate themselves 

 with the ideas of a following thought. Otherwise such following 

 thought would be confused. 



Suppose now that an idea, under the stimulus of an initiative 

 word, say ^^Brown", effects a first appearance in your conscious- 

 ness. This mind-picture may be called an original. Of this 

 original a copy may be needed, producible by ^'he". Further, 

 as a matter of linguistic fact, this copy may be needed either be- 

 fore or after the sentence-end. Two cases therefore offer: 



Case I. Principal and Proxy in Different Thoughts — Peirvx 



statement. 



To illustrate, ^^I just met Brown. He is going to Europe." 

 It is plain that these sentences express tv,^ thoughts.-^ The 

 first is self-sufficient v/ithout the second. The second requires 

 no element of the first. It is true that "He'' is inadequate, 

 except so far as there be a prior idea for it to revive, an idea 

 already adequately expressed by ^'Brown." But this inade- 

 quacy of ^^He" is a mere incident of its special symbolic na- 

 ture. So soon as I substitute ^^Bro^vn" for "he", mv second sen- 

 tence has no further need of my first. The second thought is 



^The discussion of thought singularity and plurality is deferred, being much 

 more necessary elsewhere. 



