This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... most frequently recalled. Of twenty-five writers, all say they can recall form in some degree, and two thirds of these recall form more distinctly than anything else that comes to the senses. Colors, according to this series of replies, can be fairly recalled by about two persons out of three, but not so vividly as forms. With only one fourth the number was the recalling of form and color equal; with one tenth was the recalling of form, color, and sounds equal. Those who recalled sounds could in few instances recall colors readily, and in many cases there was a vivid recollection of color with a dim idea of form, or vice versa. Nineteen could recall form best, eleven could recall colors best, or as well as forms, nine for sounds, three for touches, and two for odors. These proportions probably indicate but roughly those which would be obtained from a larger number of persons. Among individuals they partly attest the relative inborn acuteness of the various senses, as well as individual preferences for certain qualities of objects; objects of distaste are naturally suppressed from our imagery as far as we can control it; throughout all is the principle so well brought out by Mr. Galton that our powers of reviving the impressions of different senses are very uneven. We may likewise have phantasms of purely psychical or mental states, such as joy, fear, hope, reasoning, resolution; but these have not been so carefully observed, though they are, if possible, of more importance. SECTION m. IDEAS SINGULAR AND CONCRETE. The word "idea" is used very loosely and ambiguously. But it may have a definite meaning. Literally signifying image, it may stand for all those operations in which there is a reproduction of past experiences. When there is an...