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1、FamousDreams&DreamersThesedreamsweredreamedbycelebratedartists,writers,scientistsandotherswhoseworksorliveshavehadanimpactonthecollective.[PresidentAbrahamLincolnhadthisdreamshortlybeforehewasassassinated.]“Abouttendaysago,Iretiredverylate.Ihadbeenupwaitingforimportantd
2、ispatchesfromthefront.IcouldnothavebeenlonginbedwhenIfellintoaslumber,forIwasweary.Isoonbegantodream.Thereseemedtobedeath-likestillnessaboutme.ThenIheardsubduedsobs,asifanumberofpeoplewereweeping.IthoughtIleftmybedandwandereddownstairs.Therethesilencewasbrokenbythesamep
3、itifulsobbing,butthemournerswereinvisible.Iwentfromroomtoroom;nolivingpersonwasinsight,butthesamemournfulsoundsofdistressmetmeasIpassedalong.Itwaslightinalltherooms;everyobjectwasfamiliartome;butwherewereallthepeoplewhoweregrievingasiftheirheartswouldbreak?Iwaspuzzledan
4、dalarmed.Whatcouldbethemeaningofallthis?Determinedtofindthecauseofastateofthingssomysteriousandsoshocking,IkeptonuntilIarrivedattheEastRoom,whichIenteredThereImetwithasickeningsurprise.Beforemewasacatafalque,onwhichrestedacorpsewrappedinfuneralvestments.Arounditwerestat
5、ionedsoldierswhowereactingasguards;andtherewasathrongofpeople,somegazingmournfullyuponthecorpse,whosefacewascovered,othersweepingpitifully.“WhoisdeadintheWhiteHouse?”Idemandedofoneofthesoldiers“ThePresident”washisanswer;“hewaskilledbyanassassin!Thencamealoudburstofgrief
6、formthecrowd,whichawokemefrommydream.”WardHillLamon,RecollectionsofAbrahamLincoln,1847-1885,1911.Ihadasortofdream-trancetheotherday,inwhichIsawmyfavouritetreesstepoutandpromenadeup,downandaround,verycuriously—withawhisperfromone,leaningdownashepass’dme,“Wedoallthisonthe
7、presentoccasion,exceptionally,justforyou.”WaltWhitman,ThoughtsUnderanOak,1875Onthenightbefore[Caligula's]assassinationhedreamedthathewasstandingbesideJupiter’sheavenlythrone,whentheGodkickedhimwiththegreattoeofhisrightfootandsenthimtumblingdowntoearth.Suetonius,TheTwelv
8、eCaesars,c.AD120.[ThestructureofthechecmicalbenzenewasrevealedinadreamtotheGermanchemistF.A.Keulein1890]“Again
