relative clearness of the images possessed by these
persons. ¹

Imagination as an actual process or function
cannot be denied, nor is there any doubt that when
you imagine certain objects they will have a visual,
or auditory, or other sensory reference. Some psy-
chologists have denied the existence of images of
taste and smell; indicating thereby a personal
peculiarity, for the olfactory and gustatory features
of imagination are for some persons the most vivid.

Muscular imagination has received due credit
in the various attempts at analysis, and it has been
stated with apparent justification that much of our
"thinking," or trains of representation, goes on
through the activity of the "images" of spoken
words, and that these "images" are usually mus-
cular, i. e., representations or reproductions of the
muscular sensations which occur in speaking the
words. In reality, the alleged muscular images
may be muscular sensations. (See below.)

In accordance with the accepted view, individu-
als are classified under "types" corresponding to
the sorts of "images" they employ most constantly

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