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Show DREAMERS HAVE NO MEMORY. Why Nothing Surprises the Sleeper In His Wanderings. No one Is ever surprised in a dream. A man dreaming Is nt one moment b.'.thing In the sea, and nt the next moment soar, g In n balloon; but tho Biidden and Inexplicable change does not surprise him. Nor Is ho surprised to meet In the flesh friends long dead; nor Is ho surprised to find himself doing do-ing deeds that really aro beyond him, as winning tho lovo of Uatablo beauties, beau-ties, or knocking out champion heavy-weights. heavy-weights. The reason Is that dreamers havo no memory. In real life to bo pursued pur-sued through tho streets by a lion would be astonishing; but this accident acci-dent would bo nccepted In a dream as horrible, but quite commdnplaco. the memory not being there to say that It Is unheard of for llotis to pursuo one In the cities. In the same way In dreams, men nre not surprised to find themselves ballooning becnuse they don't remem ber that they were never up In a balloon bal-loon beforo. nnd they nre not surprised surpris-ed to find themselves conversing with dead people, because they don't re-membed re-membed that these people are dead. |