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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, l ^ut there is no group consciousness of this persisting core 

 of social p ersonality 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- 11 

 sessed by any group. 



