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ness and self-regarding sentiment extend to include the group and 

 he feels or believes that others are going through a similar expe- 

 rience, but there is no group consciousness of this persisting core 

 of social personality corresponding to that of the individual ego. 



10. This gives ground for the belief that the individual per- 

 sonality has some kind or degree of ontological reality not pos- 

 sessed by any group. 



