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But, still further, and leaving aside such concrete 

 example, which at the present stage of our argument must 

 be considered an anticipation, it is evident that the rela- 

 tions of force running out from every minutest center, 

 and connecting it essentially, really, with every other 

 center, must penetrate each other to an unlimited extent. 

 It is, once more, the mutual inclusion of each in all and 

 all in each. 



It appears, then, that impenetrability, as already hinted, 

 is but the negative aspect of resistance or repulsion, which, 

 as we have seen, also necessarily involves attraction the 

 opposite but also the necessary complement of repulsion. 

 Whence we may conclude that a body is " impenetrable " 

 in this sense, and this sense only: That in so far as it is 

 real it is simply a nucleus of force; or, if one prefers, it 

 is a compacted cluster of such nuclei. It cannot, there- 

 fore, be infinitely compressed that is, reduced in volume 

 to a point, or to no-volume because, if that is to be 

 accomplished, whatever force is brought to bear upon it 

 must be applied on all sides. That is, the applied force 

 simply unites its own volume with, by completely sur- 

 rounding, the body to be compressed, and then presses in 

 upon that body on all sides. In other words, since what is 

 to be compressed is enfolded in and now constitutes the 

 central portion of that by which it is to be compressed, 

 the whole now constitutes in reality one continuous 

 system, which to all intents and purposes can compress 

 nothing but itself. It is a proposed self-crusher. 



But the greater the strain applied toward the center 

 the greater the strain developed from the center. As the 

 hollow golden sphere forces its way into the enclosed 

 water, the water at the same time forces its way out 



