cerebration

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'Over-cerebration,' he says; 'over-excitement.'

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  1. Exertion or action of the brain, conscious or unconscious. This principle of action was expounded by Dr. Carpenter under the designation of “unconscious cerebration” in the fourth edition of his “Human Physiology,” published early in 1853—some months before any of the phenomena developed themselves to the explanation of which we now deem it applicable, and it has of late been frequently referred to under that name. The lectures of Sir W. Hamilton not having then been published, none but his own pupils were aware that the doctrine of “unconscious cerebration” is really the same as that which had long previously been expounded by him as “latent thought.” Quarterly Rev.

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  • The manufacture goes forward at all hours Emerson does not use the words “unconscious cerebration,” but these last words describe the process in an unmistakable way. —  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • 'Over-cerebration,' he says; 'over-excitement.' —  The Octopus : A story of California
  • I stammered something about unconscious cerebration, and she continued: "He'll come right home--this will bring him To see Vereker, you mean To see Vereker--and to see me_. —  Embarrassments
  • That is not cerebration, brain-work, it is a matter of FEELING O.M. —  What Is Man? and Other Essays
  • "I felt so perfectly safe in his coming; I trusted everything to him I suppose you thought his wanting to come was all unconscious cerebration," said his wife disdainfully. —  A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories
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