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the earth, an unusual energy is developed, and 

 these unusual phenomena are the consequence. 

 These phenomena seem to occur periodically; 

 some years (about eleven) intervening. 



All the forces and phenomena of nature are 

 thus seen to be in a state of unrest. And it is 

 to this unrest, which does not stop with visible 

 things, but pervades even the atoms of matter 

 throughout the universe, that we are indebted 

 for the ability to carry on all the activities of 

 life, and for life itself. For universal quiet 

 would mean universal death. The cyclone and 

 tornado that devastate and strike terror to a 

 whole region are only eccentricities of nature 

 when she is setting her house to rights. The 

 ]il;iy of natural forces has disturbed her equi- 

 librium, and she is but making an effort to 

 restore it. 



