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called matter, is, when described and searched * 
elude our every sense, and really to be, it an , 
spirit and immaterial , subiects may not 
10. But perhaps the consideration of ncknW fal / b aek 
be familiar to some of you, an y matter in the abstract, 
upon some previous vague ^ea as to £ i de a of something 
associated as it is, in all our min ’ t ra _distinguished from what 
solid and producing solidity, S endeavour 
is ethereal or spiritual. Let can trace any 
to get at this s - bsta ^f w ^terial particles and solidity, 
necessary connection bet wee essness of this common 
We shall soon see, I think, the groundlessness cut 
idea. In fact, I shall be obliged ^“on thim for men to have 
that unfortunately nothing is , truth are real nothings ! 
ideas about fancied somethings, tus _ anyt hing solid will 
We require the very simples PP tQ * erate upon. Let 
do, if only not too striiing aii - common window- 
us take a strip of glass cut from ™e edge b k it it offers 
pane. You know that while we try to bend or bre ^ 
a strong opposition to « and if wr.^. w . f we 
our finger through it, it opp S t r! ,; ( rhtness when we cease. 
bend it slightly, it soon recovers itssraguesw 
Now, is this elasticity, resistance or sohd.ty ow g ^ ^ 
material break it. In doing so 
playing a will of its own . ^ U J!? s tract e d from it? Would it weigh 
is a single material par mle b , f ^ continue t o break it 
less now than when whole . , t w i ien laid in the 
up into small and smaller piece , L ^ wbgn w q 0 i e ? 
=, f r ‘ b sdts, sr&Kr* 
was broken, did it owe tins material ? Not material , we 
To something in it material or ^ sand, we still 
must admit. Bor when we gr ost __ bu t where is then the 
have all the material particles no t pervaded them, 
impenetrable hardness and ^Sas brought us to a conclusion 
and made them one whole ?-This has broug other 
^ JdX^ ^S S^osophers, -namely, 
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