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Introduction. Every one has experienced those unaccountable lapses in thought and expression which form the subject of this study. Ordinarily they come and go, attracting little or no attention; or when unusually striking elicit only a laugh or a passing smile. But occasionally one occurs of such extraordinary character that it excites comment and inquiry as to its causes and probable significance in relation to mental life in general. Professor James mentions the case of a man who said he was going to the coal to buy the wharf, and the writer heard a friend say that he was going out for a walk in order to get a bresh of freath air. Another asked at the druggist's for some Phosford's Acid Horsephate, and inquired for the portar and mestle. Says Baldwin, We often speak or write words which we do not mean and have not been thinking of. A slip of the tongue or pen has often led to unexpected and unwished for results. Who has not inadvertently said just the thing it was most desired to conceal? Who has not unintentionally distorted words and even sentences into incongruous forms by reason of haste or nervousness? A man who was abruptly obliged to answer an impertinent question, asked by a young man named William concerning the name of another young man to whom reference had been made, confusedly uttered just the name which he wished to keep secret. He answered: Really, Fred, I cannot. He intended to say: Really, Will, I cannot tell you who told me. Fred was the very name he wished to conceal. The case is cited as authentic of a lady who accepted a proposal of marriage when she intended to refuse it, simply through the addition of one or two small words to her letter. Feeling and Will, p. 283; cf. p. 60, footnote. F. W. Edridge - Green, Memory and its Cultivation, p. 190. About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher
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