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Notice has been taken of the close relation of mind or soul to body. When the body withers the mind withers. Swoon and sleeping are instances of this. Thought is the product of the brain though not in the sense that bile is the product of the liver. And here he said, "There will be much I say which cannot be demonstrated. However, I do think that thought can be proved as the product of the brain, which is the seat of thought. There are two elements-the manifoldness of the brain, and the unity of consciousness. Consciousness is always...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Conference Meeting. | 12/18/1889 | See Source »

...vanish utterly in the morning brightness that made it seem an unreality. But where was Stephen? Where was his murderer? For murdered he must have been! Had I not seen him fall with my own eyes? And how - how came I dressed, lying in a swoon upon the sofa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BIRD OF THE AIR. | 5/6/1881 | See Source »

Persimmons heard no more. He fell down in a swoon. He was a Freshman, and was not used...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOOTSY SWIDGER'S VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

...fell into a swoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EVENING THOUGHTS. | 1/12/1877 | See Source »

Until my limbs are held in wakeful swoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SONNET. | 6/16/1876 | See Source »

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