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of action, which all matter must obey, I con- 

 tend, that effects are constantly produced 

 throughout the system of nature, in violation of 

 them. I shall, therefore, proceed to examine 

 the various phenomena which different species 

 of matter display ; and, at the same time, show, 

 how much those phenomena are at variance 

 with the rules which those laws are intended to 

 describe. 



