CONSTITUENTS OF THE UNIVERSE. 



influenced in a manner so absurd. One thing 

 can only repel or impel another. 



Repulsion, or the resistance that one move- 

 ment opposes to another when they meet in 

 contact, is an accomplished fact; while attrac- 

 tion never occurs. 



In the face of the fact then, that things 

 when moved by other things always move in 

 precisely the opposite direction to what attrac- 

 tion would impart; it substantially amounts to 

 a contradiction to assert that they can be made 

 to move exactly the other way, as they would 

 have to, if there is such a force as attraction. 



The motion of things is harmonious, simple 

 and consistent; not inharmonious, inconsistent 

 and incomprehensible like assumed attraction. 



There is no such thing as force, and force 

 does not cause motion. Motion can only cause 

 motion or change. If we were to assume that 

 it is otherwise, we should still find that motion 

 always precedes force, while attraction implies 

 that force precedes motion; which is an impos- 

 sibility. 



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