centric with each other, as that the matter 
composing each sphere is solid. ij 
Natural philosophy supposes that all the' 
matter in the universe, is governed by the 
same laws, only modified by locality and 
1 circumstance the effects of which are suscep¬ 
tible of calculation, either as to its motion, 
its attraction or repulsion. Glancing there- 
I fore at the uniformity which exists ihrouoh- 
; out creation so far as our limited minds are 
capable of comprehending dr minutely com- 
i pa ting ; each order 9 each genius and each 
species of things, animate, and inanimate,’] 
has its form and principles so nearly similar 
to every other formed under similar circum¬ 
stances, that we are compelled to admit that 
these objects whose general appearances are 
the same, though their magnitude and dis¬ 
tance do not admit comparison, are also sun- ' 
ilarly formed, iri like uniformity with those! 
parts of nature with which we are more min¬ 
utely acquainted. 
Reasoning from analogy, do we not 
arrive at the conclusion that, that cause 
which has thrown the different orbs belong¬ 
ing to the solah system, at different distan¬ 
ces from the sun its centre, and wheels 
them around it in circles concentric with 
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each other, existing in the nature ofmatter, or 
continually exerted from another and high¬ 
er source, vxight trirow the matter compo- 
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sing each orb concentric with itself Nay, 
for aught, of the short sighted wisdom c. fe- 
ble man, in the mysteries of nature s migh¬ 
ty and complicated operations, the sun, and 
the numerous fixed stars, as well those 
which yet remain undiscovered, as those 
I which the astronomers telescope piercing 
1 the remote regions of space lias pointed out, i 
with all their planetary trains, revolve a- 
ronnd some centre concentric with them- ; 
selves, carrying the same uniformity and, 
! concentricity throughout all that matter | 
j which was either spoken from chaos imp ns ( 
