Bare Knuckle

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“If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no reason could be given at all why a mirror or looking-glass should not understand; whereas it cannot so much as sensibly perceive those images which it receives and reflects to us.”
—Ralph J. Cudworth (1617–1688)

“What’s in the cupboard?
Says Mr. Hubbard.
A knuckle of veal,
Says Mr. Beal.”
—Unknown. What’s in the Cupboard? (L. 1–4)