Excerpt from Part One: The Analysis and Cause of the Existence of Memory; Part Two: Analysis and Cause of Unconsciousness and Sleep<br><br>My investigation of that portion of the mind known as memory was suggested by the desire to know how it was possible to find room upon any portion of the brain or the whole of it, for the impressions which is claimed to be stamped thereon to enable memory to recall the multi tude of events and scenes that have come to our notice during our past lives. For example, take my own experience of a long life of 85 years. Think of the multitudinous scenes in crossing the Continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, not only the broad landscapes that meet our view, in towns and cities, but the extended prairies, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevadas, the Great American Desert and all the varied places coming to our notice, the mines of Cali.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.