Mind as a force / by Charles F. Harford.

  • Harford-Battersby, Charles F. (Charles Forbes), 1864-1925.
Date:
1924
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Mind as a force / by Charles F. Harford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    receiver and transmitter had been compared to the drum of a gramophone. The form of circle is still used in order to carry on the same idea, though it may be more clear if we regard this as the receiver and transmitter of a telephone. (B) The source of power is represented in the chart as the storage chambers of the mind or of the memory, which may be regarded as identical if we use the word memory in a widely extended sense. This may be compared to the batteries and condensers of an electric apparatus. (C) The regulating mechanism illustrates the method by which the states of mind are produced which characterize our ordinary waking life on the one hand, and our dream-life on the other. A similar process is regarded as explaining the various forms of dissocia¬ tion which are described in Chapter VII. Attached to this “ control,” as we may call it, is a figure (X) which is compared to the aerial of a wire¬ less apparatus, and this is intended to represent the means of communication between the mind-mechanism of each individual and his environment. Through this connecting link with the world outside we receive all the information which is brought to us through sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell, and the common sensations, and through this medium we are able to communicate with our fellow-men. In order that it may be seen that the picture we have sketched is not a mere fanciful illusion, we may refer our readers to any of the popular guides to wireless telegraphy. In these will be found a diagram of a wireless telephone apparatus in which the same constituent parts appear as we have detailed them in our chart. At the same time we do not feel justified in pressing the analogy too closely, and prefer to