Redesign of Dreams
Source: The Redesign of a Series of Concrete Material Washers by Richard Walter Leutwiler, 1911.
A Dreamer May Know Periodicity
Image source: The Beauty of the Heavens by Charles F. Blunt, 1842.
Source: Perchance to Dream by by Margaret Sutton Briscoe, 1893.
Source: Club Life by California Federation of Women's Clubs, 1902.
Source: Cycling! by William Norrie Robertson, 1894.Can Eye See
Sources: What Can I See? by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, 1894. The Eye by Angus Macmillan, 1864.
Source: The Psychology of Attention by Théodule Ribot, 1890.
Source: School Gardening for Little Children by Lucy R. Latter, 1906.The Fun in Your Labor
The fun in your labor
will make you realize the beauties delivered by dreaming
Source: Robert Evans & Co. Seed Catalogue, 1899.
Change of Ambition
Source: Change of Air, or, The Philosophy of Travelling by James Johnson, 1831.
Source: Remarks on Delirium Tremens by Charles Stuart Tripler, 1827.Multiple Dreams
Source: Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art by J. G. Heck, 1851.
Balancing Squalid Experiences
Source: Playground Technique and Playcraft, ed. Arthur Leland and Lorna Higbee Leland, 1910.
Chimera Prosecution
Source: Encyclopedia of Evidence, ed Edgar W. Camp and John F. Crowe, 1905.
Source: Garden Frames, Hitchings and Company, 1911.
Image source: The Beauty of the Heavens by Charles F. Blunt, 1842.Purity at Play
Convenience 117
The memory of dreams assumes intensity,
and it is certain that between love and tumult
there is always purity at play.
Source: The Psychology of Attention by Th. Ribot, 1890.
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