Now if I whished to draw him coming in & was contemplating his coming in I should while doing so be inclined to say to myself & repeat: “He has a particular way of coming in”. But the answer to the question “What is this way?” would be “it's this way” (perhaps drawing it. But there may be no such answer & my phrase may
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only mean: “I contemplate his position”.

    Our expression on the other hand made it appear as though his position was not characterized by anything but itself.