CHAPTER XV 



THE ORIGIN OF MATTER 



OTHERS may know; here it is guess. But we 

 guess the guess is right! Positive statements pass 

 for what they are worth. 



One thing is certain : Evolution and Dissolution 

 are complements of one another two parts of 

 one whole. Everything from the least to the 

 greatest throughout the universe comes to exist by 

 Evolution. Everything from the least to the 

 greatest throughout the universe sooner or later 

 ceases to exist by Dissolution. By Evolution the 

 tiny flower blossoms its little hour, and by Dissolu- 

 tion returns whence it came. By Evolution the 

 greatest world lives its allotted time; by Dissolu- 

 tion it goes back whence it came. 



So with every least and every greatest thing in 

 the universe ; Dissolution follows Evolution as 

 night follows d&y. Dissolution is forever tearing 

 down what Evolution builds up. 



By Evolution portions of the infinite Sea of 

 Ether forever develop into electrons, electrons into 

 atoms, atoms into molecules, molecules into 

 nebulae, nebulae into worlds and systems of 

 worlds. 



By Dissolution two eternal streams of Matter, 

 one from the infinitely great by the clash of 



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