It appears to me as though the only part of the brain that is active in dreams is the Spectatorial and dramatic part; and even so it is quite beyond me to solve the problem of how it comes about that my visualising faculty in dreams can bring upon the stage, as it often does, some personage who is perfectly well known to me in real life, and cause him to behave in so unaccountable and grotesque a fashion that I appear to be entirely bewildered and even shocked by the occurrence.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
The kind of contentment that I should like to see on the increase is the contentment of a man who works hard and enjoys work, both in itself and in the contrast it supplies to his leisure hours; and, further, whose leisure is full of varied interests, not only definite pursuits, but an interest in his relations with others, not only of a Spectatorial kind, but with the natural and instinctive desire to contribute to their happiness, not in a priggish way, but from a sense of cordial good-fellowship.
"At Large"
Arthur Christopher Benson
We must not glorify a mild Spectatorial pleasure by the name of philosophy, or excuse our indolence under the name of contemplation.
"At Large"
Arthur Christopher Benson