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allow that distinct separation to he made. Now if mental or moral forcer 
may he said to have existed as of necessity from the beginning, 
necessari V thrown back from the nature of such a supposition to the greatest 
7rcals-tr eternal mind. That the great Creator exists of necessity 
we must all allow, and that He is a 
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pleased to make matter and evolve it-whether ou L* t a *7on ls how- 
pantheists say, out of Himself, I am unable to say. Th ^ 1"^"’ 
ever, quite removed from the sphere of atheistical argument I -msh I couW 
throw more light on this subject than I have been able to do bu I have 
i„st offered you a few thoughts which have occurred to me. (Cheers.) 
3 Mr Brooke V P.— I think I need hardly express my entire agreement 
Wiethe sle’ and object of this paper, and it is only for the purpose of 
strengthening it that I am anxious to point out one or two wea 
whS“y stand, seem to detract from its strength as a whole. Mr. 
Beddie says in the 8th paragraph,— 
yet it only rarefies the air and adds not to its solidity. 
If Mr. Beddie ever saw a hot-air engine, he ought to know that air is rarefied 
^Beddie.-You misunderstand me. I stated that cold does rarefy the 
air, but I do not say that it is the only rarefier. _ 
Mr. BnooKE.-But cold cannot rarefy the air in any way. 
Mr Beddie.— Then I own I have been under a mistake. 
Mi^ B E Dm E .--Th^^ni^ 1 b^ s^in this^^mate^lmt 6 ! always understood that 
^^^S^C^-istake. If the moist air be lowered 
in temperature it would become denser, but if r ^® d “ ^“^“^by cold 
be increased in bulk, and therefore rarefied. The ° the 
is a Simple impossibility. In the same from 
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Beddie says : — 
“So that, if cold be abstract matter, to mtt^ they °growTmtlkr7aU 
increases in bulk and lightness, but added! to “7/ ove; if we admit 
Srety stick-toother ^ ttractioi^until They had beenUjected to heat 
