MECHANISM OF NATURE 



9. Substance is matter made ponderable, tangi- 

 ble and perceptible, by organization of the 

 particles composing it. 



10. A primary identity is an identity which has 



no particles, which has either always 

 existed, or has been created as one whole 

 and is incapable of undergoing a natural 

 change. 



11. A constructed identity is a compound of par- 



ticles held together in some organization 

 whereby it is separated in our perception 

 from other identities. 



12. An identical manifestation of force is an ex- 



hibition of force through similar material 

 and producing changes in matter which ap- 

 pear different from other changes in 

 matter. 



13. Occult. That which has existence without 



material. 



PROPOSITION I. 



Matter is continuous throughout all the Universe. 



Because we know that the force light comes to 

 us from the sun, therefore, all that space between 

 us and the sun is occupied by a continuous mass 

 of matter. Let there be any intermission between 

 us and the sun, where matter does not join on mat- 

 ter, then we would know of force otherwise than 

 through matter, which is impossible. (Axiom I.) 



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