706 The Interbond of the Seen and the Unseen. [December, 
term sensation as applied to life, vitality, ora minute degree 
of motion, is improper. Sensation is as distinct from life as 
life is from motion. Sensation is the principle which con- 
nects the inner life or spirit with the external body.” 
Tides. 
The theory of tides presented by the scientific world is 
“ generally very incorreCt.” “ It has been supposed by a 
conspicuous astronomer that tides were produced by the law 
of attraction — by the adtion of the moon upon the earth. 
1 his cannot be true; for attraction is not an established 
principle, especially beyond the atmosphere of any body or 
substance.” “ If the moon has any attractive influence upon 
the earth (more than what consists in the natural relation 
existing between the two bodies), why, when the moon is in 
conjunction with the sun, does not the water become more 
elevated on the side of the earth next to these bodies, as 
might be expedted if such attraction existed ? Also sub- 
stances on that side of the earth would not weigh nearly so 
much as when the moon was otherwise situated. Also when 
the moon is on the opposite side of the earth, and the earth 
sustains a position between it and the sun, why is not the 
elevation of the water equal at all portions of the earth ? 
For if the moon and sun exert an equal influence, the results 
should be an equal height of the water all over the earth.” 
“ 1 he falling to the earth of a substance previously 
suspended in the air has been termed gravitation. The tides 
have been considered as the result of the same principle. 
All things have been represented as possessing to a greater 
or lesser extent the principles of attraction and repulsion— a 
perfect and established antagonism. And, inasmuch as this 
belief is extensively prevailing, it is not possible that a 
different theory or hypothesis can be received unless it 
addresses the understanding of man with more plainness and 
cogency than the former theory.” 
“ It is a well-ascertained truth in astronomy, and in the 
principles of mechanics, that a body rotating like the earth 
on its axis has the greatest tendency to throw off substances 
in the direction in which it revolves. As the earth revolves 
from west to east once in twenty-four hours, it must neces- 
sarily produce two elevations of water, especially as the 
water surrounds the whole globe. Every twelve hours the 
water would be elevated at the extreme east and the extreme 
west, or, in other words, at given antipodes of the earth. 
1 he elevation of the water once in twelve hours is a result 
