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Then he began aloud again: "Yes, I think that's about right. And now, suppose that such a being became endowed with the natural senses, one by one. THEN HE BEGAN ALOUD AGAIN YES I THINK THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT AND NOW SUPPOSE SUCH A BEING BECAME ENDOWED WITH THE NATURAL SENSES ONE BY ONE
he flagstaff. "I think I begin to see it now," he murmured. "Of course, life, that is to say real, intellectual, or, as some would say, spiritual life, is, after all, the coefficient of that totally unexplainable thing called thought which enables us to explain most things except itself. Time and space and location are only realities to us in so far that we can see them. A human being born blind, dumb, deaf, and without feeling would still, I suppose, be a human being, because it would be conscious of existence; it would breathe and know that its heart was beating, but without sight or sensation there could be no idea of space--time, to it, would be a meaningless series of breaths or heartbeats. Without touch or sight it could have no idea of form or size, which are merely conditions of space, and both the past and the future would be absolutely non-existent for it." He paused, and walked on a little way in silence, arguing silently with himself as to the correctness of these premises. D AND THEN ACROSS THE GRASS TOWARD THE FLAGSTAFF I THINK I BEGIN TO SEE IT NOW HE MURMURED OF COURSE LIFE THAT IS TO SAY REAL INTELLECTUAL OR AS SOME WOULD SAY SPIRITUAL LIFE IS AFTER ALL THE COEFFICIENT OF THAT TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE THING CALLED THOUGHT WHICH ENABLES US TO EXPLAIN MOST THINGS EXCEPT ITSELF TIME AND SPACE AND LOCATION ARE THE ONLY REALITIES TO US IN SO FAR THAT WE CAN SEE THEM A HUMAN BEING BORN BLIND DUMB AND DEAF WITHOUT FEELING WOULD STILL I SUPPOSE BE A HUMAN BEING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CONSCIOUS OF EXISTENCE IT WOULD BREATHE AND KNOW THAT ITS HEART WAS BEATING BUT WITHOUT SIGHT OR SENSATION THERE COULD BE NO IDEA OF SPACE TIME TO IT WOULD BE A MEANINGLESS SERIES OF BREATHS OR HEART BEATS WITHOUT TOUCH OR SIGHT HE COULD HAVE NO IDEA OF FORM OR SIZE WHICH ARE MERELY CONDITIONS OF SPACE AND BOTH THE PAST AND FUTURE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NON EXISTENT FOR IT HE PAUSED AND WALKED ON A LITTLE WAY IN SILENCE ARGUING SILENTLY WITH HIMSELF AS TO THE CRACTICES OF THESE PREMISSES
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