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... object in going up the Monument was that of being able to say that he had done so , would probably recol- lect ... objects , would notice the relation which the various streets and buildings had to one another . For instance , that the ...
... object in going up the Monument was that of being able to say that he had done so , would probably recol- lect ... objects , would notice the relation which the various streets and buildings had to one another . For instance , that the ...
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... objects that he saw . Thus , on being asked if he had seen William IV.'s statue , he would reply , ' Oh yes ; it occupies the site of the old Boar's Head , mentioned by Shakespeare as the place where Falstaff used to drink . ' A ...
... objects that he saw . Thus , on being asked if he had seen William IV.'s statue , he would reply , ' Oh yes ; it occupies the site of the old Boar's Head , mentioned by Shakespeare as the place where Falstaff used to drink . ' A ...
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... objects another group , and so on . It now only remains to distinguish between general and special motor memory . The memory of all move- ments , no matter for what purpose produced , belongs to general motor memory , whilst the ...
... objects another group , and so on . It now only remains to distinguish between general and special motor memory . The memory of all move- ments , no matter for what purpose produced , belongs to general motor memory , whilst the ...
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... object by means of a photo- graph , which a blind man could not do . The idea of solidity , which is the essential of an impression con- veyed by touch , is not a property of sight at all , but depends upon the revival of ideas of objects ...
... object by means of a photo- graph , which a blind man could not do . The idea of solidity , which is the essential of an impression con- veyed by touch , is not a property of sight at all , but depends upon the revival of ideas of objects ...
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... objects by sight which he was per- fectly cognizant with by touch . This we should expect , as , from what has been previously said , if a cameo repre- sent the impression of touch , a coloured photograph of that cameo will represent ...
... objects by sight which he was per- fectly cognizant with by touch . This we should expect , as , from what has been previously said , if a cameo repre- sent the impression of touch , a coloured photograph of that cameo will represent ...
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