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1、FamousDreams&DreamersThesedreamsweredreamedbycelebratedartists,writers,scientistsandotherswhoseworksorliveshavehadanimpactonthecollective.[PresidentAbrahamLincolnhadthisdreamshortlybeforehewasassassinated.]“Abouttendaysago,Iretiredverylate.Ihadbeenupwaitingforimport
2、antdispatchesfromthefront.IcouldnothavebeenlonginbedwhenIfellintoaslumber,forIwasweary.Isoonbegantodream.Thereseemedtobedeath-likestillnessaboutme.ThenIheardsubduedsobs,asifanumberofpeoplewereweeping.IthoughtIleftmybedandwandereddownstairs.Therethesilencewasbrokenby
3、thesamepitifulsobbing,butthemournerswereinvisible.Iwentfromroomtoroom;nolivingpersonwasinsight,butthesamemournfulsoundsofdistressmetmeasIpassedalong.Itwaslightinalltherooms;everyobjectwasfamiliartome;butwherewereallthepeoplewhoweregrievingasiftheirheartswouldbreak?I
4、waspuzzledandalarmed.Whatcouldbethemeaningofallthis?Determinedtofindthecauseofastateofthingssomysteriousandsoshocking,IkeptonuntilIarrivedattheEastRoom,whichIenteredThereImetwithasickeningsurprise.Beforemewasacatafalque,onwhichrestedacorpsewrappedinfuneralvestments.
5、Arounditwerestationedsoldierswhowereactingasguards;andtherewasathrongofpeople,somegazingmournfullyuponthecorpse,whosefacewascovered,othersweepingpitifully.“WhoisdeadintheWhiteHouse?”Idemandedofoneofthesoldiers“ThePresident”washisanswer;“hewaskilledbyanassassin!Thenc
6、amealoudburstofgriefformthecrowd,whichawokemefrommydream.”WardHillLamon,RecollectionsofAbrahamLincoln,1847-1885,1911.Ihadasortofdream-trancetheotherday,inwhichIsawmyfavouritetreesstepoutandpromenadeup,downandaround,verycuriously—withawhisperfromone,leaningdownashepa
7、ss’dme,“Wedoallthisonthepresentoccasion,exceptionally,justforyou.”WaltWhitman,ThoughtsUnderanOak,1875Onthenightbefore[Caligula's]assassinationhedreamedthathewasstandingbesideJupiter’sheavenlythrone,whentheGodkickedhimwiththegreattoeofhisrightfootandsenthimtumblingdo
8、wntoearth.Suetonius,TheTwelveCaesars,c.AD120.[ThestructureofthechecmicalbenzenewasrevealedinadreamtotheGermanchemistF.A.Keulein1890]“Again
