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374 " [sic]When "faith" is said to be "shaken," we may mean that, though the desire may remain, doubt is not "put at a distance;" or that the Conscience no longer approves of the desire; or that the desire itself is weakened.

xiv. Belief

xv. Certainty, or Conviction

xvi. Knowledge

2. Knowledge (relative and ordinary) is (very often) a name loosely given to a harmony between our mental affirmations and the affirmations of the vast majority of those who have (or are thought by the majority to have) the best opportunities for observation and judgment. It might be more usefully defined as those mental