CHANGING IDENTITIES 



but only in its relation with, other primary identi- 

 ties can we perceive any primary identity, for 

 change only we can perceive, and change is im- 

 possible in one only primary identity. 



We can know life only through living identi- 

 ties, and these are forms. 



Here is a piece of granite, and yonder goes a 

 horse. Horse and granite alike are composed of 

 primary spheres, and whatever life each has is the 

 product of the same universal force -exerted on pri- 

 mary spheres that are exactly alike in every re- 

 spect. 



The same force, working through the same ma- 

 terial, yet produces the endless variations of uni- 

 versal life, because of an endless variety of organ- 

 ized forms. 



Then, in that trinity of force, material and or- 

 ganization can either be subordinate or greater. 



All the force we can know is exhibited through 

 matter. All the matter we can know is manifested 

 through force. Force and matter alike are brought 

 into our perception only through materia" forms. 



In all the endless revolutions of force and matter, 

 not one particle of either one can be lost, nor can 

 there be any gain ; neither can all the Universe 

 produce a new form nor lose an old one. 



Change is not a limitless haphazard, for every 

 change is the inevitable result of a former change, 

 and if any act of ours can produce an effect, it is 

 because we can, by a certain voluntary change in 

 ourselves, set in motion an infinite number of 



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