NOTE II 



ON MEMORY 



One becomes aware of memory when fainter repe- 

 titions of former experiences arise in the mind, seem- 

 ingly disconnected from the causes which primarily 

 produced them. For instance, suppose the sounds 

 of a church bell are heard ringing on a summer 

 evening in a meadow surrounded by hills. The 

 sensations of sounds heard, of sights seen, of soft 

 breezes fanning the checks, of fragrance in the 

 nostrils, are directly connected with the causes 

 which then and there produce them. After some 

 days suppose a witness of this scene wishes to de- 

 scribe it to an evening party of friends. Faintly 

 the sensations arise again in his mind, seemingly 

 disconnected from the causes which originally pro- 

 duced them some days before. No church bells are 

 ringing, yet faintly in his mind he is aware of their 

 sound. No landscape of meadow and hills glowing 

 in the sunset greets his eyes in the artificially lighted 

 room where he is speaking, but within his mind arises 

 again a faint likeness of the scene he wishes to de- 

 scribe. No flowers are in the room, yet as he de- 

 scribes he seems to experience a faint semblance of 

 their fragrance, and a feeling of well-being and con- 



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