CertainlyachildnewlyborninBoston，whogetsasensationfromthecandle-flamewhichlightsthebedroom，orfromhisdiaper-pin，doesnotfeeleitheroftheseobjectsto[p。35]besituatedinlongitude72°；W。andlatitude41°；N。Hedoesnotfeelthemtobeinthethirdstoryofthehouse。Hedoesnotevenfeeltheminanydistinctmannertobetotherightortheleftofanyoftheothersensationswhichhemaybegettingfromotherobjectsintheroomatthesametime。Hedoesnot，inshort，knowanythingabouttheirspace-relationstoanythingelseintheworld。Theflamefillsitsownplace，thepainfillsitsownplace；butasyettheseplacesareneitheridentifiedwith，nordiscriminatedfrom，anyotherplaces。Thatcomeslater。Fortheplacesthusfirstsensiblyknownareelementsofthechild’sspace-worldwhichremainwithhimallhislife；andbymemoryandlaterexperiencehelearnsavastnumberofthingsaboutthoseplaceswhichatfirsthedidnotknow。
Buttotheendoftimecertainplacesoftheworldremaindefinedforhimastheplaceswherethosesensationswere；andhisonlypossibleanswertothequestionwhereanythingiswillbetosay’there，’andtonamesomesensationorotherlikethosefirstones，whichshallidentifythespot。Spacemeansbuttheaggregateofallourpossiblesensations。
Thereisnoduplicatespaceknownaliunde，orcreatedbyan’epoch-makingachievement’intowhichoursensations，originallyspaceless，aredropped。
Theybringspaceandallitsplacestoourintellect，anddonotderiveitthence。
Byhisbody，then，thechildlatermeanssimplythatplacewherethepainfromthepin，andalotofothersensationslikeit，wereorarefelt。Itisnomoretruetosaythathelocatesthatpaininhisbody，thantosaythathelocateshisbodyinthatpain。Botharetrue:thatpainispartofwhathemeansbythewordbody。Justsobytheouterworldthechildmeansnothingmorethanthatplacewherethecandle-flameandalotofothersensationslikeitarefelt。Henomorelocatesthecandleintheouterworldthanhelocatestheouterworldinthecandle。Onceagain，hedoesboth；forthecandleispartofwhathemeansby’outerworld。’