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Formula
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Teaching pattern
Psychological interpretation

The grammar of assumption: everyone else, however close, is 'you are' or 'he is'; 'I am' can be said only of oneself, so the assumption is made in the first person, present tense, and no one can get into the pool before you.

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Lectures
Own wordings
There is only one person in this world with whom I can use the first person present and that is self
“I am,” can be said only of myself, it cannot be said of another
I alone possess the power of the first person

Occurrences

I alone possess the power of the first person. I am that which I want to be.
Span from: 151
to: 227
Passage revision:
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There is only one person in this world with whom I can use the first person present and that is self.
Span from: 253
to: 354
Passage revision:
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I am is always first person present. Not I was the door, or I will be the door; “I am the door,” “I am the resurrection,”
Span from: 85
to: 206
Passage revision:
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Dr. Millikan wrote his dream of greatness and security in the first person, present tense.
Span from: 162
to: 252
Passage revision:
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