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Rh performance—comedy—public parks—equipage—cab—tramway—street mobile—houses—railway station—steamship—railroad—post—telegraph—national holiday—musics—stores—library—state—letters—monograms—postal cards—gondolas—delegate—great occasions—payments—lordship—coach—negro on the box—flags—one-horse carriage—open carriage—pavilion—public instruction—banknote factory—mightiest silver island of the world—gold—precious stones—pearls—rings—diamonds—bank—central court—credit establishment—villa—male and female servants—carpets—curtains—mirrors, etc.

The picture which appears to patient at "world proprietress" concerns the requisites of a princely existence, some of which are situations carefully and most diligently pictured, such as "negro on the box." These references give us an idea of the incessant inner complex-activity of dementia præcox which objectively makes itself known through a few unintelligible fragments. The psychic activity reaches no more to the "fonction du réel," but turns internally to an infinite thought elaboration which exhausts itself in the building up of the complex.

9. Interest draughts (stereotype: "My interest draughts will have to be accepted "): cocoa, chocolate, noodles, macaroni, coffee, petroleum, black tea, green tea, sugar candy, white sugar, nut water, red wine, honey cake, winecake—cloths, velvet, merino, double merino, saxonian merino, alpaca, twilled goods, fustian, white percale, shirt cloth, linen, wool, shoes, boots, socks, undershirts, underwear, coats, umbrellas, hats, jackets, mantles, gloves—these are interest draughts which in reality belong to me.

The above is only a sample of the content of the "interest draughts." We deal here with the concrete wishes of everyday life, which have nothing to do with the "world proprietress" complex. The imagination runs into the finest details and gives the impression of careful assortment.

10. To affirm: to corroborate, to verify, to recommend—mostly quite conclusion—to express an opinion—to take into consideration—what one affirms—to take in hand—the heathens chatter so, the same thing is daily explained to them, yet they do nothing in the matter—I affirm that I am paralyzed—nine years ago I needed eighty thousand francs—payments through superintendent Forel—they are rough to me—I affirmed the insane asylum six-fold as world proprietress.