CHAPTER IV.

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Sympathy is not an instinct, but a highly generalised

psycho-physiological property—Complete sense and

restricted sense—Physiological phase:

imitation—Psychological phase: first stage, psychological

unison; second stage, addition of tender emotion—Tender

emotion—Its physiological expression—Its relations with

touch—The smile—Tears: hypotheses as to their

causes—Tender emotion indecomposable.

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