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precisé and analogical, and the deductions, therefore, be moré 
satisfactory. 
Tinfer, generally, that Morion is the primary and proximate 
cause of all phenomena; that iv operates in a descending series 
from the rotation of the sun round the fulcrum of the solar sy- 
stem, to the fall of an apple tothe earth; that, as transferred 
through all nature from its source, MOTION serves as the effi- 
cient cause of every species of vitality, of every organic arrange- 
ment, and of all those accidents of body heretofore ascribed to 
gravitation; and, I venture further to suggest, as a theological 
deduction, quite as probable as the doctrine of the Newtonians, 
which ascribes their gravitating or projectile force to the imme- 
diate agency of the Deity, that MoTION, as a great secondary 
cause, may be regarded, in its uniform operation from the great 
to the small, as the hand of omNIPOTENCE; while, as a princi- 
ple of causation, it necessarily involves the attribute of omNi- 
PRESENCE. 
-However heretical this theory may appear to partisans of “ the 
gravitating principle,” to believers in “ gravitating particles,” 
to devotees of “ harmonic numbers,” to geometricians who con- 
sider the laws‘ of curves as laws in physics, or to philosophers who - 
conceive that body may act without material intervention where 
itis not, I consign it to the guardianship of the press, in full 
confidence that it will surmount opposition, and endure as long) 
as the system which it describes. 
R. PHILiirs. 
XXXIX. Notices respecting New Books. 
An Experimental Inquiry into the Laws of the Vital Functions ; 
with some Observations on the Nature and Treatment of In- 
ternal Diseases. By A. P. Witson Paiip, M.D. FLRS.E. 
8vo. 360 pages. 
iz our Number for May, we announced that this work was in 
the press. It has now made its appearance. It is divided into 
two parts. In Part I. the author treats of the state of our know- 
ledge respecting the principle on which the action of the heart 
and blood-vessels depends, and the relation which subsists be- 
tween them and the nervous system; giving a translation of the 
Report of the Committee of the National Institute of France, on- 
the experiments of M. le Gallois, which he considers as accurate, 
welll arranged, and sufficiently comprehensive for this purpose. 
In other respects, however, he considers this Report.as not’ de-. 
serying the same praise, as ‘‘ it overlooks defects both in M. 
Gallois’ 
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