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mis-shapen heap; but if such filings be slowly sifted 
through a fine sieve, they will assume the form into which 
they are attracted by their respective polarities, and 
present a beautifully regular appearance, in obedience to 
the forces of the magnetic current. I must again observe 
that in such a sketch as thıs, Iam only just able to touch 
upon the more prominent points affecting the subject 
upon which I am treating, otherwise I might adduce a 
host of experiments, whose results have undeniably proved 
the advantages of motion, in the electrical formation both 
of amorphous and crystallized matter. As one instance, 
if the electric influence be passed through lime water, 
when perfectly still, and a similar current be passed 
through an equal quantity of the same water, when kept 
in a state of agitation, the production of erystals of 
carbonate of lime will be much more rapid and abundant 
in the latter, than the former case. In fact, nothing in 
Nature stands still, however it might seem to repose. 
“ Nature ne’er meant this vast creation, 
To lie one dull lethargie whole, 
But, mistress of her great vocation, 
Gave to the mass a glowing soul.” 
“ Thus, from their deep recesses beaming,, 
Sprung life, and light, and joy to bless, 
And billowing waves and waters streaming, 
Their mighty Maker’s hand confess,”” 
All animal, vegetable, and mineral life, (for life it is, 
though of a lower order) is constantly advaneing or re- 
ceding.—In the mineral world no two dissimilar substances 
come into contact or conducting communication with each other, 
with the Intervention of water, without the one giving, in the 
course of time, a something to the other.—Like the animal, or 
vegetable, they are in continual warfare, the result of 
