Back in my brain, barely above the subconscious realm, was the feeling that this, however, might offer opportunity in the preparation for a final future determination.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
I was now becoming the unconscious instrument of my ambition; almost without volition my body was being carried forward by a subconscious force which had fastened itself upon a distant goal.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
For all that, it's possible you had a kind of subconscious motive.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss