THE UNDERSTANDING.

A pun will sometimes facilitate explanation, as thus;--the Understanding is

that which _stands under_ the phenomenon, and gives it objectivity. You

know _what_ a thing is by it. It is also worthy of remark, that the Hebrew

word for the understanding, _Bineh_, comes from a root meaning _between_ or

_distinguishing_.

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_March_ 18. 1827.

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