CHAPTER IX 



MATTER, CHANGE OF FORM, APPLICA- 

 TION OF MEASURE. 



Matter is the primal base of all existing things, 

 and of all ponderable conceptions heir to the human 

 mind. Matter is the base of life, and without begin- 

 ning and without end. In fact, it is life, varied by con- 

 ditions only. 



The same properties of matter act the same way 

 at all times when subjected to the same conditions ; that 

 is to say, when the elements are in the same proportion 

 in relativity and temperatures remaining the same. 



Matter is, in fact, life, and different measures of 

 its elements in relativity under different temperatures 

 will cause different forms of its expression. But in no 

 case can there be a particle of matter and death be its 

 condition. No matter what the condition of tempera- 

 ture, let it be the acme of heat or the zero in absolute 

 cold, still change is taking place in the particle of mat- 

 ter. Change and death are inconceivable to the hurr^in 

 mind as one and the same thing; therefore change is life 

 and death is not. 



Let us consider the action of the common alarm 

 clock, a mechanical contrivance constructed out of the 

 properties of matter by the handiwork of man, and see 



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