CONSTITUENTS OF THE UNIVERSE. 



So-Called Weight. 



]IGHT is nothing but what gravitation 

 is assumed to be. If it is, then there is 

 no attraction of gravitation. But the 



fact is, there is neither weight nor attraction. 



The same thing that has been mistaken for 



either, has been mistaken for the other; 



and that thing is one of the several modes or 



manifestations of self motion. 



If so-called weight was anything but that 

 mode of self motion that produces the globe. 

 it would be utterly incomprehensible. 



Formerly matter was considered to be 

 ponderable or having weight, and imponder- 

 able, possessing no weight, like heat, light and 

 electricity. 



These three imponderables are now regarded 

 as modes of motion, and with equal propriety 

 the same view may be taken of the ponder- 

 ables or those supposed to possess weight. 



For instance, the earth has a motion on its 



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