Note 316 — XI. EXTRACTS FROM A FATHER’S DIARY. (continued 2)
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The chronicler observes here that C.’s sister had also used the same expression for ‘I’ and ‘mine,’ viz., “my”. It looks as if the me and its belongings were not at first differentiated. Even of the later and maturer ideas of self a well-known American psychologist writes: “Between what a man calls me and what he simply calls mine the line is difficult to draw”. Compare above, p. 181.