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to determine largely what primary facts shall he apper- 

 ceived, and admits that the fact before the individual, i.e., 

 the secondary construction, is constituted by the apperception. 

 At the same time the implication that the Objective in this 

 construction is an ideal upon which we can never actually set 

 the finger, is rejected ; and it is maintained that to a critical 

 scrutiny the Objective reveals itself in ordinary cases, though in 

 some cases it may not be easy to determine it without reference 

 to the " confirmatory tests " of sameness for all and relevance 

 to purpose. 



HARBISON AND SONS, Printers in Ordinary to His Majesty, St. Martin's Lane. 



