EVIDENCE

With regard to things which make not a very deep impre ion on the memory, it may be called "belief." "Knowledge" is nothing l)lore than I a man's firm belief. The difference is ordinarily merely in the degree; to be judged·of by the court, when addre ed to the court; by the jury, when addre ed to the jury. Hatch T, Carpen· ter, 9 Gray (Ma .) 2"74. The distinction between the two mental conditions seems to be that knowledge is an a ur• ance of a fact or proposition founded on per- J ception by the senses, or intuition; while belief is an a urance gained by evidence, and from other persons. Abbott. [s. 131]