RECAPITULATION 



GENERAL PRINCIPLES 



I. The universe is continuously complete in itself, 

 self-sustaining*, and eternal. 



II. The solar system is an integral part of the 

 whole of creation. 



III. Current and familiar forces are first to be 

 exhausted before resorting to such as are remote, doubt- 

 ful, or arbitrary. 



SUB PRINCIPLE I. The solar system is a poised 

 upiit, falling through space in obedience to a dis- 

 tant gravitational pull, and maintaining its bal- 

 ance by the progressive equilibristic adjustment of 

 its component parts, on the principle of the lever. 



Intelligently applied, this principle specifically an- 

 swers the following enigmas : 



1. Why the terrestrial continents lie almost 

 wholly in the northern hemisphere. 



2. Why Mars has a permanent snow-cap at its 

 north pole. 



3. Why the Mississippi River "flows uphill." 



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