He states, with Blake, that he has seen the states in his Imagination — seen at a distance one man, and near at hand multitudes of nations.
Date (happened)
before 1971
bound · possible
Reasoning
Qualifying passage ids [527855] belong to telling lecture nids [1021]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1971 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1971 is the MIN across telling lectures.
before 1 March 1971
bound
Why
Tightens the phase4 L6a envelope from before 1971 to before 1971-03-01.
Reasoning
L6a envelope tightened to the telling day of nid 1021 (certain delivery 1971-03-01); same premise, finer precision. The phase4 L6a bound on this event is `before 1971`, an envelope over delivery YEARS computed without reading text. Its premise is that the fact is true by the time it is told; on that same premise the DAY of the telling is a strictly better upper bound. Nothing is re-decided — the bound is stated to the precision the evidence always supported. The delivery claim for 1971-03-01 on nid 1021 is held at `certain` by the corpus, which is what carries this claim. #2274; the L6a row stands beside this one.
before 15 June 1965
bound · probable
Reasoning
The direct witness uses present perfect ('I have seen'), establishing that Neville's imaginative vision occurred before this telling. The carrier lecture's authoritative first-party dateline supports 1965-06-15 at probable confidence, which caps this derived upper bound. The circular 1971 catalogue claim is not used.
Told / reported
1 March 1971
stated · doubtful
Sources
Source
- God's Law and His Promise ¶10 (May I tell you, with Blake, I have seen these various states in my Imagination; and seen at a distance it appears as one man, and when you approach and you come near, they are multitudes of nations…one man.)