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disregard these formulas and confine the mind to the 

 actual processes in Nature. 



One fundamental formula used by physicists is 

 known as Ohm's law, which is expressed thus 



Electro-motive force 

 Current strength = ^r r-r- 



Kesistance 



Now to divide pressure (electro-motive force) by re- 

 sistance is a physical impossibility. 



Dr. Lodge truly states " it is an empirical relation ; 

 in other words, it has not yet " been accounted for." ] 

 The physicist has no idea of what exists in Nature 

 which corresponds to the above terms, indeed it is the 

 question of the day to get that knowledge. 



But the physicist states, " I do perform these opera- 

 tions." The reply is, " Yes, you do on paper." One 

 can write oneself, " I am the creator of the Universe " 

 on paper. But would writing such an expression by 

 an individual make him the creator of the Universe ? 

 In like manner does the physicist do the impossible on 

 paper. All mathematical reasoning therefore is reason- 

 ing by analogy, and the physicist has strained this 

 mode of reasoning so far that he has absolutely reasoned 

 himself out of common sense. 2 Hence the idea of many 



1 "Modern Views of Electricity," Prof. Lodge, F.R.S., &c.,1892, 

 p. 76. 



2 " Science is, I believe, nothing but trained and organized com- 

 mon sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from 

 a raw recruit ; and its methods differ from those of common sense 

 only so far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner 

 in which a savage wields his club. The primary power is the same 

 in each case, and perhaps the untutored savage has the more brawny 

 arm of the two. The real advantage lies in the point and polish of 

 the swordsman's weapon ; in the trained eye quick to spy out the 

 weakness of the adversary ; in the ready hand prompt to follow it on 



