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be_v that_o which_o we_o experience_v make_v we_o perceive_v make_v we_o see_v make_v we_o to_o love_n and_o to_o hate_n which_o make_v we_o have_v pleasure_n and_o pain_n and_o all_o the_o certitude_n which_o we_o have_v of_o ourselves_o and_o of_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v out_o of_o we_o from_o whence_o we_o form_n this_o notion_n that_o our_o soul_n be_v a_o know_v nature_n and_o substance_n and_o indubitable_o distinct_a from_o the_o body_n mistress_n of_o its_o thought_n and_o desire_n and_o sensible_a of_o order_n and_o duty_n by_o which_o we_o be_v capable_a and_o susceptible_a of_o idea_n and_o sentiment_n without_o bound_n and_o without_o end_n according_a as_o the_o supreme_a nature_n which_o rule_v over_o we_o with_o so_o sensible_a and_o so_o evident_a a_o empire_n will_v please_v to_o give_v we_o they_o and_o though_o there_o be_v in_o our_o nature_n but_o this_o single_a character_n of_o our_o dependence_n of_o which_o all_o our_o sentiment_n and_o all_o our_o 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