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tmconsciously ; and that what we are conscious of while What is 

 engaged in them is not so much the object under attention, conscious- 

 as the effort of will which is needed in order to keep the °ess of 

 thought at work ; for in the normal state of the mind the ofteiT 

 exercise of will appears to be always accompanied by con- ^^^^^^ ^°'^' 



, , . . sciousness 



sciousness. But when thought is mdependent of will, it is of mental 

 also frequently unaccompanied by consciousness. Men of ^^°^*" 

 inventive minds say that their happiest thoughts have 

 often come to them involuntarily, almost unconsciously, 

 unsought, they know not how ; that is to say, as the result 

 of unconscious or half-conscious thinking. 



