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this_o objection_n or_o in_o truth_n be_v this_o objection_n to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o foresay_a pamphlet_n but_o be_v the_o progeny_n of_o mr._n m_n own_o brain_n intend_v to_o set_v it_o up_o like_o a_o man_n of_o straw_n that_o he_o may_v have_v the_o batter_a of_o it_o down_o again_o at_o his_o pleasure_n mr._n m._n conclude_v that_o except_o we_o better_o understand_v what_o the_o soul_n be_v and_o how_o it_o act_n whilst_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n we_o ought_v not_o to_o deny_v its_o capacity_n of_o act_v in_o a_o separate_a subsistence_n the_o observer_n think_v he_o shall_v have_v say_v except_o we_o have_v more_o certain_a knowledge_n that_o there_o be_v a_o immaterial_a intelligent_a spirit_n in_o the_o person_n it_o be_v mere_a lose_a labour_n to_o trouble_v our_o head_n with_o the_o notion_n of_o what_o such_o a_o soul_n do_v do_v or_o can_v do_v in_o statu_fw-la concreto_fw-la vel_fw-la separato_fw-la chap._n viii_o p._n 103._o mr._n m._n say_v it_o 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