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12 BERNARD BOSANQUET : CONTRADICTION AND REALITY. realised their inherent structure ; which completeness, con- sidered as a whole, cannot be quantitatively compared with the factors or elements, such as negativity, subordinated within it. If we had to depend on Contradiction as such, then I suppose completeness could only be in its abolition ; but the distinction between Contradiction and Negativity seemed to be suggestive on this point.