Jastrow, Joseph, 1863-1944 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 318
nces illustrate THE MINDS EYE 295 extreme instances of this process. The whitewashedtree or post that momentarily startles us ■ in a darkcomitry lane takes on the guise that expectancy givesit. The mental predisposition here becomes the domi-nant factor, and the timid see as ghosts what theirmore… … Fig. 19. — Do you see a duck or a rabbit, or either? (From HarpersWeekly, originally in Fliegende Blatter.) But throughout our visual expeiiences there runs thisdouble strain, now mainly outward and now mainlyinward, from the simplest excitements of the retina upto the realms where fancy soars free…
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