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between non-verbal comprehension and verbal comprehension. The knowledge that is due to the activity of the sense-organs and mind, is couched in proper words in accordance with the conventional usage, and is capable of expressing its object to others, is actually scriptural, while the rest is non-scriptural. Object-apprehension, speculation, perceptual judgment, and the like are also couched in proper words, but nevertheless, they fall in the category of nonverbal comprehension, inasmuch as there is lack of conscious application of language in these cases of cognition. Mere verbal expression is not sufficient to raise a cognition to the status of verbal comprehension. The knowledge that does not stop at simple verbal association, but continues to develop into discursive thought with the help of deliberate application of language in accordance with the conventional usage, is of the category of verbal comprehension.
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