3D 



CONTENTS. 



V 1 



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CHAPTER I. 



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The Origin of Existence, ..... i 



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CHAFTER II. 

 First Causes, ....... 



Seel. 1. First Causes generally. — 2. The Unknowable. — 

 j, 3. The Infinite and Supernatural. — 4. Deity. — 5.0rtho- 



Z~" dox and Heterodox First Causes identical. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Constitution of the Universe ; or Stace, Eternity, 

 Matter, Energy, and Cause, .... 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Constitution of Matter, . . . .43 



Sect. 1. The Elements.— 2. Atoms. — 3. The Classification 

 of the Elements. — 4. The Combining Weights of the 

 Elements. 





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