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... is made up of two powers or faculties - that of fixing or retaining a subject - thought in the mind , and that of recalling it at will . It is a common expe- rience to feel conscious of " knowing " a thing DEFECTS OF MEMORY.
... is made up of two powers or faculties - that of fixing or retaining a subject - thought in the mind , and that of recalling it at will . It is a common expe- rience to feel conscious of " knowing " a thing DEFECTS OF MEMORY.
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Joseph Mortimer Granville. rience to feel conscious of " knowing " a thing - for example , the name of a person or place , the where- abouts of a missing article , the date or order of sequence of an event - but to be unable to recall ...
Joseph Mortimer Granville. rience to feel conscious of " knowing " a thing - for example , the name of a person or place , the where- abouts of a missing article , the date or order of sequence of an event - but to be unable to recall ...
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... consciousness is scared , and helpless to resist the onslaught or re - establish order . In this condition of affairs the mental instrument or organism , the part with which we think , is weakened either by disease of the body affecting ...
... consciousness is scared , and helpless to resist the onslaught or re - establish order . In this condition of affairs the mental instrument or organism , the part with which we think , is weakened either by disease of the body affecting ...
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... conscious weakness and ina- bility to revive the unnatural gaiety of a false state . When there is no conscious humour in the rush of thoughts , it may be simply worrying or distressing , as when the mind longs to be at rest , " if it ...
... conscious weakness and ina- bility to revive the unnatural gaiety of a false state . When there is no conscious humour in the rush of thoughts , it may be simply worrying or distressing , as when the mind longs to be at rest , " if it ...
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... consciousness , and they rise , without any sense of being refreshed , to a state of weariness which ill befits them for the new struggles and anxieties of another day . This is a mind - disturbance , in contradistinction to that ...
... consciousness , and they rise , without any sense of being refreshed , to a state of weariness which ill befits them for the new struggles and anxieties of another day . This is a mind - disturbance , in contradistinction to that ...
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