Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Francis Galton
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54. I can recall any single object or group of objects, but not the whole table at once. The things recalled are generally clearly defined. Our table is a long one; I can in my mind pass my eyes all down the table and see the different things distinctly, but not the whole table at once. _Cases where the faculty is at the lowest_. 89. Dim and indistinct, yet I can give an account of this morning's breakfast-table; split herrings, broiled chickens, bacon, rolls, rather light-coloured marmalade, faint green plates with stiff pink flowers, the girls' dresses, etc. etc. I can also tell where all the dishes were, and where the people sat (I was on a visit). But my imagination is seldom pictorial except between sleeping and waking, when I sometimes see rather vivid forms. 90. Dim and not comparable in brightness to the real scene. Badly defined with blotches of light; very incomplete. 91. Dim, poor definition; could not sketch from it. I have a difficulty in seeing two images together. 92. Usually very dim. I cannot speak of its brightness, but only of its faintness. Not well defined and very incomplete. 93. Dim, imperfect. 94. I am very rarely able to recall any object whatever with any sort of distinctness. Very occasionally an object or image will |
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