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1、FamousDreams&DreamersThesedreamsweredreamedbycelebratedartists,writers,scientistsandotherswhoseworksorliveshavehadanimpactonthecollective.[PresidentAbrahamLincolnhadthisdreamshortlybeforehewasassassinated.]“Abouttendaysago,Iretiredverylate.Ihadbeenupwaiti
2、ngforimportantdispatchesfromthefront.IcouldnothavebeenlonginbedwhenIfellintoaslumber,forIwasweary.Isoonbegantodream.Thereseemedtobedeath-likestillnessaboutme.ThenIheardsubduedsobs,asifanumberofpeoplewereweeping.IthoughtIleftmybedandwandereddownstairs.Ther
3、ethesilencewasbrokenbythesamepitifulsobbing,butthemournerswereinvisible.Iwentfromroomtoroom;nolivingpersonwasinsight,butthesamemournfulsoundsofdistressmetmeasIpassedalong.Itwaslightinalltherooms;everyobjectwasfamiliartome;butwherewereallthepeoplewhoweregr
4、ievingasiftheirheartswouldbreak?Iwaspuzzledandalarmed.Whatcouldbethemeaningofallthis?Determinedtofindthecauseofastateofthingssomysteriousandsoshocking,IkeptonuntilIarrivedattheEastRoom,whichIenteredThereImetwithasickeningsurprise.Beforemewasacatafalque,on
5、whichrestedacorpsewrappedinfuneralvestments.Arounditwerestationedsoldierswhowereactingasguards;andtherewasathrongofpeople,somegazingmournfullyuponthecorpse,whosefacewascovered,othersweepingpitifully.“WhoisdeadintheWhiteHouse?”Idemandedofoneofthesoldiers“T
6、hePresident”washisanswer;“hewaskilledbyanassassin!Thencamealoudburstofgriefformthecrowd,whichawokemefrommydream.”WardHillLamon,RecollectionsofAbrahamLincoln,1847-1885,1911.Ihadasortofdream-trancetheotherday,inwhichIsawmyfavouritetreesstepoutandpromenadeup
7、,downandaround,verycuriously—withawhisperfromone,leaningdownashepass’dme,“Wedoallthisonthepresentoccasion,exceptionally,justforyou.”WaltWhitman,ThoughtsUnderanOak,1875Onthenightbefore[Caligula's]assassinationhedreamedthathewasstandingbesideJupiter’sheaven
8、lythrone,whentheGodkickedhimwiththegreattoeofhisrightfootandsenthimtumblingdowntoearth.Suetonius,TheTwelveCaesars,c.AD120.[ThestructureofthechecmicalbenzenewasrevealedinadreamtotheGermanchemistF.A.Keulein1890]“Again
