One bears them in mind, of course (8)

I believe the answer is:

thoughts

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'mind of course' is the definition.
'thoughts' can be an answer for 'mind' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'of course' bit.

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(Other definitions for thoughts that I've seen before include "Ideas, reflections" , "Cogitations" , "Ideas and opinions (8)" , "Ideas, musings" , "Notions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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