Biographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions • Paragraph 4
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The secondary Imagination I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet differing from the mere Fancy in degree and dignity. The secondary dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to re-create; it is essentially vital and akin to the primary, though subordinate and derivative.