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certain sounds while you see before you
a spot of black, white, and flesh color; and
those sounds somehow seem to suggest
certain ideas which you must not connect
at all with the black and white spot.
A man would have to devote years to
training his mind to such habits of
thought, and even then, it is doubtful
whether it would be possible. And what
would be gained? If it would alter our beliefs
as to what our sensuous experience is going
to be, it would certainly be a change for the
worse, since we do not find ourselves
disappointed in any expectations due
to common sense beliefs. If on the other hand