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There are a great number of properties and characteristics that contrast and

distinguish each of those from the other. Perhaps the closer one investigates

them, the more differences are uncovered.

As far as we ... ordinary people, relying on our senses ... are concerned, the

over-riding distinction, which allows us to identify them instantly and positively,

is the conjugate pair of facts that you can't see sound, and you can't hear light.

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