IDENTICAL CHANGES 



prolonged action of Gravity, neither are the Chem- 

 ical properties nor elementary Constitution of the 

 ball changed by gravity. 



Nor yet is there any accumulation of Mass in 

 bodies acted upon by gravity, as far as we can 

 observe. And still there must be; there is a 

 change, and the only change possible seems to be 

 an exchange of the Primary Spheres held in the 

 constitution of the balls in Fig. A for those P. S. 

 that make up the aggregation of void matter sur- 

 rounding the balls. 



Let it be granted that the Hypothesis of Propo- 

 sition XIII, B. 3, is a correct statement of the 

 fundamental Law of Life and action. 



Then there will be neither gain nor loss in uni- 

 versal space occupied, by an exchange of P. S. in 

 any substance undergoing a change in the process 

 of life, the same number of P* S. will constitute 

 the Mass of the substance. 



And apparently there is nothing gained by sub- 

 stituting an occult life, of a substance acted upon 

 by gravity, for an occult power of attraction; and 

 this would seem to be implied in a theory that 

 gravity is the result of a continuous change in 

 all substance. 



But an occult identical life of any material form 

 is impossible (Prop. XXIV, B. 2) and the process 

 of life in identical material substance is a mechan- 

 ical result of universal, infinite life. (Prop. 

 XXVII, B. 2.) 



Therefore, there is no flow of void material 

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