2O The Cause of Life and Motion 



may see the direct action of the very forces un- 

 der discussion, for it will be shown how reflec- 

 tions are directly dependent upon these forces. 



In this place, it may not be amiss to enter into 

 a brief explanation as to how a body may freely 

 be moved about in a space which is absolutely solid 

 with force lines and inert matter. Now we are 

 aware that water is far more dense than many sub- 

 stances through which a body cannot be impell- 

 ed without the application of unusual force, 

 but the water has a considerable amount of life 

 derived from the forces, and therefore a passage 

 through it is easily accomplished. The forces 

 however, since they are the very element of life 

 reciprocating as they do with every atom in a 

 body, offer very slight resistance to its move- 

 ment. The elements of which the body is com- 

 posed, vibrate freely with those forces which hold 

 them in suspension, simply passing by an inter- 

 change of atoms from one environment to an- 

 other, whether the body is at rest or in motion. 

 All bodies are crystalline forms, whose elements 

 are ever interchanging with the elements of the 

 surrounding space. 



Natural Phenomena, 



We will next consider a few natural phenom- 

 ena, and endeavor to ascertain whether they 



