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exerted after the impulfe. Such obfeqoi- 

 ous complaifarice of the (lorte, in imita^ 

 tirig fo ejia(5lly the motion of the hand, 

 ilittft appear extremely curious ; efpe* 

 tially if we confider what a violent op- 

 |)ofition it is fuppofed to have made, be- 

 fore it yielded to the motion at firfl:. It 

 brings to remembranc6 the man in the 

 parable, *ivh(i /aid, he 'wouid Hot go^ but 

 *went : Or perhaps it may be likened to a 

 young fellow learning to dance*, who 

 bends his limbs but aukwardly at firft 

 fetting out, till, being led about for a 

 while in the mafter's hand, he can after- 

 wards Continue the ftep of himfelf. If, 

 in the collifton of bodies, the one body 

 could thus adapt and conform itfelf in all 

 cafes to the motion of the other, it feems 

 to be the highefl: injuflice to refuTe it th-e 

 power of fenfation and confcioufnefs. 



From experience and obfervation we 

 learn, that body is equally indifferent to' 

 motion and reft. And this in'differenoe 

 appears to be the natural confeq.uence of 

 the mofl: abfolute inadivity. Body mufl 

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