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fol. 43r    [fol. 42v is blank] 'Truth not easily Discerned'  (Pt II, Sn I, Ch II)  (3.147)
      
      
      
     #44#< We are capable <only> of recognizing , the sourse of an impression
     which we have never reflected on - ^ {or attended to} only when it has been so
     often repeated as to become habitual - because this habit is
     in itself a kind of attention . or supplies the place of it.   For instance
 5   every mans eyes - resting so often as they ^ {necessarily} do on the form of his own
     hand - though <they> {he} may have never considered nor contemplated
     that form with any mental attention , yet contrast so just a
     habit of sight , that any gross violation of the truth of {its} form
     in a painting would in all probability be felt. >
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     their bindings -  though the true & essential <difference> {characteristics} lie<s>
     inside  .
     A<n> man is <recognis> known to his dog . by the smell - to his
     tailor by the coat - to his friend by the smile - <to God by
     his heart> -   Each of these know him -  but how little - or how
15   much - depends on the dignity of the intelligence .     That which
     is truly & indeed characteristic of the man - is known only to God.
     One portrait of a man may possess <such> exact accuracy of feature <that>
     and no atom of expression -    It may be -  to use the ordinary <^> terms
     of admiration bestowed on such portraits by those whom they please -
20   "as like as it can stare" -     Everybody - down to his cook - or his cat -
     would know this  .     Another portrait may have <disguised the features
     or> neglected or misrepresented the features - but may have given the
      

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