MECHANISM OF NATURE 



the void from that which has form is an act of 

 creation; and life, the crowning glory, is not the 

 result of environment, but the cause. 



PROPOSITION XXVII. 



Universal life is manifested through an inter- 

 change of material, and every manifestation of 

 force is a mechanical displacement of material 

 parts. 



Clearly life is a manifestation of universal force, 

 derived from the infinite primary cause, and com- 

 pelling organization into identical forms. 



Therefore, we cannot perceive life as a principle, 

 as one whole. But identical lives are exhibited all 

 around us, and many of the changes in living 

 identities we can observe. 



And the knowledge of these changes constitutes 

 science, and if there can be any changes in living 

 identities which are not material changes, true sci- 

 ence has nothing to do with them. (Axiom 1.) 



And the ability to provoke and control changes 

 constitutes our art, and the finding of new means 

 to induce desired effects constitutes our inven- 

 tion. 



Yet, in all the affairs of life, we are dependent 

 on material, and all progress is an acquirement of 

 greater knowledge about material changes. 



Any link of the infinite chain of universal force 

 may be perceived, because of its separate identity, 



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