EVIDENCE PROVING THE STATEMENT OF THE CASE 17 



Comets and suns, planets and moons, each and every 

 object in the heavens has its special motion, and each 

 differs from the others. 



When we look at the universe, from a neutral point, 

 we find no time, only eternity. 



Therefore that we live in infinite space and eternity 

 are the two prime fundamental facts which need to be 

 impressed upon our minds, for every conception we 

 have must be founded upon these two grand generalisa- 

 tions. 



these suns and all the rest there exist vast empty spaces,* apparently 

 devoid of matter." (Idem, p. 331.) 



' f The question : Is space filled with Ether ? is not raised here. 

 It seems difficult to believe that light from the stars could reach 

 the earth without a medium ; on the other hand, it seems equally 

 difficult to believe a medium to exist without giving resistance 

 (friction) to the motions of planets, etc. 



