INTELLECT DID NOT GRASP THE OBJECT ITSELF.

In this case did the intellect grasp the object itself? Certainly

not; and, therefore, it is not the intellect that is responsible

for the error. We say as much for the "we," according as we will or

will not have perceived the object, either in the intellect, or in

ourselves;--for it is possible to possess an object without having it

actually present.

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