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Abortion

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Miller wrote: “For a woman to dream that she assents to abortion being committed on her, is a warning that she is contemplating some enterprise which if…”

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Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Abortion · Heading 9; source lines 1672–1682 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

For a woman to dream that she assents to abortion being committed on her, is a warning that she is contemplating some enterprise which if carried out will steep her in disgrace and unhappiness.

For a doctor to dream that he is a party to an abortion, foretells that his practice will suffer from his inattention to duty, which will cause much trouble.

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