There is
a totally different use of the word “expectation”
if we use it to mean a particular sensation. This use of
the words like “wish”,
“expectation”, etc., readily
suggests itself. There is an obvious connection between
this use and the one described above. There is no doubt
that in many cases if we expect some one, in the first sense, some,
or all, of the activities described are accompanied by a peculiar
feeling, a tension; and it is natural
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to use the word
“expectation” to mean this experience of
tension.