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formulate. While Evolution always consists primarily in an 

 integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion, 

 it ordinarily implies much more than this. And it is obvious 

 that only when all the characteristics, both primary and 

 secondary, of Evolution and Dissolution, are expressed in a 

 single formula, can we be said to have obtained the law of 

 the continuous redistribution of matter and motion which 

 rhythm necessitates throughout the knowable universe. 



To show how this — the most sublime achievement of 

 modern science — has been brought about, will be the object 

 of the following chapter. 



