CCXC1V LIFE OF BACON. 



figures possesses the peculiar property, that the sum of 

 the digits of all its multiples is 9. (a) 



Divorce. Instances of Divorce. Observe the separation of such 

 natures as are generally united. Light and heat are gene 

 rally united ; but in a cold moonlight night there is light 

 without heat, and in hot water there is heat without light. 

 The action of one body upon another is in general effected 

 by the medium through which it acts ; thus sound varies 

 with the state of the atmosphere, and through a thick 

 wall is scarcely perceptible. The magnetic attraction 

 seems to be an instance of divorce, as it acts indifferently 

 through all mediums. 



Deviating. Deviating Instances. Observe nature when apparently 

 deviating from her accustomed course ; as in all cases of 

 monsters, prodigious births, &c. He who knows the ways 

 of nature will the easier observe her deviations; and he 

 who knows her deviations, will more exactly describe her 

 ways. For the business in this matter is no more than by 

 quick scent to trace out the footways of nature in her 

 wilful wanderings, that so afterward you may be able at 

 your pleasure to lead or force her to the same place and 

 posture again. As a man s disposition is never well known 

 till he be crossed, nor did Proteus ever change shapes till 

 he was straitened and held fast. 



Such are specimens of his modes of viewing nature 

 where most conspicuous, 



3. FIXING THE REAL, BETWEEN DIFFERENT APPARENT 



CAUSES. 



Crucial. Crucial Instances. When in inquiring into any parti 

 cular nature the mind is in aequilibrio between two causes, 



(a} Thus, 9 x 2 = 18 and 8 + 1 = 9. 

 9 X 3 = 27 and 2 + 7 = 9. 

 9 X 11 = 99 and 9 -f 9 = 18 and 1+8=9. 



