Shocks

Given matter conscious in one part of itself of a shock in another part

(i.e. knowing in what part of itself it is shocked) retaining a memory of

each shock for a little while afterwards, able to feel whether two shocks

are simultaneous or in succession, and able to know whether it has been

shocked much or little—given also that association does not stick to the

letter of its bond—and the rest will follow.

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