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A Great Cosmical System. 



We have seen the marks of electrical ac- 

 tion in the cases cited, and since we know 

 something of the subtlety of the agent ; that 

 it may be "amassed, condensed and rare- 

 fied," that it is not loose and wandering, and 

 the mere plaything of fortuitous forces, as 

 the atmosphere is supposed to be ; but, on 

 the contrary, has close and most sympathetic 

 adjustment with the earth-force ; and that it 

 is the invisible hand that holds and manages 

 the grosser atmospheric matter; since we 

 know this, we are now brought to the study 

 of a great cosmical system. 



