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Jupiter, ajlde.] A new fpecies of magnetifm ■! • — [To 

 the unknown.'] Thou kneweft then already what we were 

 talking about ? 



The unkn.] I porTefs the gift of being wherever I 

 will ; and where any two are fearching after truth, I 

 feldom fail, either vifibly or invifibly, of making a 

 third. 



Numa, Jhaking his head a little ; foftly to Jupiter ^\ A 

 lingular fort of a chap ! 



Jupiter, regardlefs of Numa, to the unknown.'] Thou 

 muft be an excellent companion ! I am happy in the 

 opportunity of making thy acquaintance. 



Numa, to the unknown^] May one aik thy name, and 

 whence thou art ? 



The unknown.] Neither are any thing to the purpofe 

 concerning which you were talking. 



Jupiter.] We were converting merely of matters of 

 faSt\ and thefe, thou knoweft, appear differently to 

 every fpedtator, according to his point of view and to 

 the conftrudHon of his eyes. 



The unknown^] And yet each matter can only be 

 rightly feen from one point of view. 



Numa.] And that is ? — 



The unknown.] The centre of the whole, 



Jupiter to Numa. ] Under that is either very much, 

 or nothing at all. — [To the unknown ^] Thou under- 

 ftandeft then the whole ? 



The unknown^] Yes. 



Numa.] And what doft thou call its centre ? 



The unknown.] That perfection from which all things 

 are equally diftant, and to which all things tend. 



Numa.] And how does each matter appear to thee 

 from this point of view ? 



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