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uniformly in a certain way or ways. Of course, there are
qualities which we immediately feel, such as colors;
and there are qualities which These are what they are without reference to anything
else. We may suppose ^{and ordinarily do suppose} that external things have qualities
in themselves independently of what weanything else. We
suppose that a sof hard or soft body is rendered such by
something that is true of that body in itself whether
anybody ever tries to scratch it or not. But of such
qualities we can have no ^further knowledge; and when we
apply an adjective the meaning of it refers to a
conditional prediction as to the results of ^possible future
experience. That, then is what it is to be hard and to
be soft. But now what is this thing hardness or
softness in itself?
It is something whose being consists in the possibility [illegible] have one or the other uniform. Now
You must understand that
I am talking logic and nothing else. These Returns

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uniformly in a certain way or ways. Of course, there are
qualities which we immediately feel, such as colors;
and there are qualities which These are what they are without reference to [anything ??]
else. We may suppose and ordinarily [do ??] suppose that external things have qualities
in themselves independently of what weanything else. We
suppose that a sof hard or soft body is rendered such by
something that is true of that body in itself whether
anybody ever tries to scratch it or not. But of such
qualities we can have no [further ??] knowledge; and when we
apply an adjective the meaning of it [refers ??] to a
conditional prediction as to the results of possible future
experience. That, then is what it is to be hard and to
be soft. But now what is this thing hardness or
softness in itself?
This is something whose which has no other being
than consists in possibility that the experiment
of trying to scratch a thing should have
certain uniform results.
You must understand that
I am talking logic and nothing else. These [pictines ??]