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"…As to the sense of touch when we
"…As to the sense of touch when we
press the table with our fingers, that
press the table with our fingers, that
is an electric disturbance on the
is an electric disturbance on the
electrons and protons of our
electrons and protons of our
fingertips, produced, according to
fingertips, produced, according to
modern physics, by the proximity of
modern physics, by the proximity of
the electrons and protons in the
the electrons and protons in the
table. If the same disturbance in our
table. If the same disturbance in our
finger-tips arose in any other way,
finger-tips arose in any other way,
we should have the sensations, in
we should have the sensations, in
spite of there being no table."
spite of there being no table."
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