CONSTITUENTS OF THE UNIVERSE, 



Now, as there is nothing whatever to prove 

 that the imponderables are MATTER, while there 

 is ample evidence that they are simply MOTION; 

 it follows logically that the supposed ponder- 

 ables are like the others, nothing but motion. 



One thing at least seems to be pretty clear 

 about the proof offered that there is matter, 

 and that is the absence of any weight at all in 

 that evidence. The fact that chemical com- 

 pounds are made up of supposed atoms, or in 

 some definite manner, as they undoubtedly 

 are, is also relied on to establish the existence 

 of matter; but this like the other items already 

 examined, amounts to nothing for the same 

 reason that has been given in the previous ex- 

 ample, that MOTION does just what is here 

 alleged of MATTER. 



The motion called weight we know indicates 

 the amount of movement manifested in that 

 way with perfect accuracy. While the diurnal 

 motion is equally specific and accurate the 

 motion around the sun is also just as definite 

 and reliable. What then, could be more 

 reasonable than the inference that the unseen 



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