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 of finding its place, its relation, and its confirmation in the whole mass of cognitions previously acquired.

These distinctions, if developed, would readily demonstrate that the advantages of observation are not eclipsed by those of speculation; and that those of speculation, in their turn, do not interfere with those of observation. But we have not time to develop these rules of logic; it will be sufficient to point out their relation to the question of the reality of mental images. Here are my conclusions in two words. Physical phenomena and images are always real, since they are perceived or conceived; what is sometimes wanting to them, and makes them false, is that they do not accord with the rest of our cognitions.

Thus, then, are all objections overruled, in my opinion at least. We can now consider the world