Note 41 — Chapter VII · EXAMINATION OF SOME OPINIONS OPPOSED TO THE PRECEDING DOCTRINES.
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Mr. Spencer makes a distinction between conceiving myself looking into darkness, and conceiving that I am then and there looking into darkness. To me it seems that this change of the expression to the form I am, just marks the transition from conception to belief, and that the phrase "to conceive that I am," or "that anything is," is not consistent with using the word conceive in its rigorous sense.