38 THOUGHTS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



give variety to the movements, and amidst the many 

 clashings some portions will take the necessary spin 

 (travelling with others of the same speed) to give the 

 vortical force and produce the inevitable vortices in 

 the ether, as in the case of magnets. All things that 

 have reached the molecule stage are naturally more 

 or less magnetic (see Faraday) ; there are many angles 

 of spin or revolution and rates of speed, and conse- 

 quently many degrees of vortical power. The larger 

 masses such as suns, etc., rushing and whirling 

 through the ether (and interwhirling in themselves) 

 produce immense vortices in the ether. They must 

 do so because you cannot have two portions of matter 

 filling the same portion of space at the same time. 

 The rushing masses must displace the smaller 

 portions of matter that they meet, and with which 

 they clash ; and the ether must flow into the network 

 of holes made by the passing sun or planet. These 

 vortices, or stresses in the ether, assist to keep the 

 suns, planets, etc., in their orbits. 



This theory regards motion as a condition of matter, 

 and rest as a relative effect of material motion exerted 

 in different ways or directions. From this material 

 motion all natural phenomena proceed. 



In order to enable us to consider what follows with 

 greater ease, let us construct a mental spring-board in 

 the form of a syllogism, as follows : 



1. Material combinations are the results of material 

 motion. 



2. Material motion must have speed. 



2. Therefore material combinations are the result 

 of speed of material portions. 



