CHANGING IDENTITIES 



of atoms and their multiples (in closest contact) 

 is not possible where force or pressure is uniform 

 on every sphere as it is on the void matter of the 

 Universe. 



There is an inequality required (Prop. XVIII, 

 B. 1) ; and all universal force brought to bear on a 

 Universe full of primary spheres cannot produce 

 any change in their relative position. 



Neither can all the universal force produce a 

 change in a Universe filled partly with primary 

 spheres and all the remaining part with organized 

 forms, for, in that case, the Universe is still full. 



Somewhere there must be inequality in the Uni- 

 verse; somewhere there must be an outside to the 

 eternal circle of cause and effect. 



The infinite beyond this circle is not an object of 

 human reason, but within that circle everything is 

 subject to human reasoning, and, therefore, it is 

 possible to learn the reason for every change in 

 material brought about by universal force. 



Everywhere our science notes an exact equiva- 

 lent between that which dies and that which is 

 born. 



In all the chemistry of nature, there is not one 

 atom gained or lost, as far as we can observe. It 

 is impossible to make one additional new atom 

 out of primary spheres, for that necessitates the 

 disorganization of a corresponding or similar atom ; 

 if not, there would be an empty place in the Uni- 

 verse, or some primary spheres that are in closest 

 contact would be placed at right angles. 



75 



