The Dreams of Benjamin Rush
Abstract
Although Benjamin Rush disclaimed any tendency toward superstitious belief in dreams, he seems in fact often to have fallen under the spell of his own dreams and to have been quite affected by them. A common theme in Rush's dreams was the attempt to reconcile a conflict he was then experiencing: the struggle between his humanitarian sentiments and his need to earn a living, for example, and the frequent incompatibility of his personal political ambitions with his role as a doctor.
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