52 From Matter to Man. 



substances be resolved into them, but untold millions 

 of new and undreamt of substances may be evolved 

 from them. 



It might be urged that the postulation of a universe 

 comprising untold myriads of atoms, possessing in 

 combination properties capable of infinite possibilities, 

 is a very complex beginning. But, on the other hand, 

 to commence with a " Creator " who called into being 

 from nothing all these atoms with their infinite pro- 

 perties, is surely an infinitely more complex hypo- 

 thesis, besides being absolutely unintelligible and 

 inexplicable. 



(8) Energy. — It is assumed from evidence that each 

 ultimate atom or molecule in any substance is in 

 intense motion ; molecules of diamonds even "quiver- 

 ing with shocks received from other molecules millions 

 of times in a second." But unless this fundamental 

 motion was subservient to orderly laws, order in the 

 combination of bodies, or even in the universe, could 

 never arise. What this energy is is revealed anon, 



Equally important with all the above mentioned 

 properties of the atoms are three now given for the 

 first time: 



(a) That Atoms are Magnets. 



(b) That A toms are dual or sexual in kind. 



(c) As a consequence of the first, that the energy of 

 the atoms singly or collectively as minerals, plants or 

 animals is Magnetism. 



The proofs of these fundamental facts are given in 

 their due place. 



