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fol. 70r   [fol. 69v is blank]	'Of Truth of Space … Power of the Eye' (Pt II, Sn II, Ch V)    (3.328-29)  *
      
      
      
      
     <confusion of>  but which is yet not blank - not a white egg shape - it
     is a face - though you can see nothing in it .    Now he is nearer.
     and you can see the spots for the eyes & mouth - but they are not
     blank spots neither - there is detail <th*> in them - you cannot see the
 5   lips - nor the teeth - nor the brows - and yet you see that there is more
     than a mere spot - it is an eye - <but you can't for the life of you
     tell how you k*> - & there is light . & dark - and sparkle in it - but
     nothing distinct .   Now he is nearer still - and you can see that
     he is like your friend but you can<t>{not} tell if he is {or}not -- there is a
10   vagueness - an indecision of line still -  Yes - it is -  No - it isn't - you
     say - as he comes nearer -   Now you are sure it is - but even yet
     there are a thousand things in his face which have their effect in
     inducing the recognition - but {<of>}which you cannot <say distinc> {see so as to
     know} what
     they are .
15   Changes like these - and states of vision correspondent to them .
     take place with each and all of the objects of nature . and two great
     principles of truth are deducible from their observation .   First . place
     an object as close to the eye as you like - there is always something
     in it which you cannot see . except in the hinted and mysterious manner
20   above described .   You can see that the texture of your coat ^ {or hair} is rough
     but you can't see the individual threads or hairs . and yet they are
     all felt. & have {each its} <their> influence on the eye .     Secondly - place an object
     								 as
      

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