He regards it, with many moderns, as a state of things, not a thing; a convenient word denoting the sense of personality, of individual identity. (Richard Francis Burton)

He regards it, with many moderns, as a state of things, not a thing; a convenient word denoting the sense of personality, of individual identity.

Richard Francis Burton

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