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magnets in their mutual manifestations of force. 

 In other words, it is inconceivable that with such 

 an all-sufficient law as polarity already existing, a 

 different law of cohesion, of which we know nothing, 

 should be introduced to bolster up polarity in its 

 operations. Hence, we conclude that the ore of iron 

 in the first place, and all shapes and conditions of the 

 substance afterwards, are cohered into solidity from 

 their foundation by atomic polarity, in conjunction 

 with the other laws of energy. 



Second Proposition. — As the earth is a magnet, the 

 earth itself and all its constituent atoms and products 

 must be built together, both singly and collectively, by 

 the same law of polarity. 



If the proof of the earth's magnetism as already 

 given be true, this sweeping proposition follows as a 

 necessary corollary ; for if all the elements are, equally 

 with iron, magnetic, all must equally be atomically 

 polaric. Consequently, if iron be built together or 

 cohered in its ultimate particles by the law of polarity, 

 all the elements in all subtances must equally be 

 aggregated by the same polaric law. But this de- 

 duction, if pressed to its ultimate logical consequences, 

 leads to conclusions so astounding that few have 

 dared to follow them up, for not only does it involve 

 the upbuilding of minerals, the production of crystals, 

 and the evolution, production, and virtual creation of 

 all plants and animals, but man himself is only the 

 crowning apex of the whole series. Yet the proposition 

 is undeniable, for the proof given anon is conclusive. 



