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Excerpt from Scientific and Poetical Works: Of the Last of the Hereditary Bards and Skalds A Thousand Discoveries Condensed Into Paragraphs. Force, or Potential Motion. Force is pure matter, devoid of everything save extension and elasticity. Force is therefore pure space, a penetrable void, in fact a nothing to the general sense. Why Force is a Void. Force is a void because it is weightless, viewless, and intangible. It is pure matter, and being pure, does not possess the qualities of the material save in the possession of its first attributes, penetrability and extension. Force is expressed by weight, color and tangibility; but these are only its expressions. It gives weight, color, and tangibility to matter, yet, in the bestowal, it robs itself of these qualities and sits, "the power behind the throne." Nobody has ever presented us with a lump of pure force, or told us whether its color was Dutch pink or bottle green. As force is not to be found in visible matter it must be sought for elsewhere. Force must be one of two things; it must be either what is commonly called matter, or it must not. There is no way to elude this question; it is either tangible or it is not tangible. If matter, uncaused, can move itself, then there is no such thing as force; but if what we commonly call matter cannot move itself, then something not material must be the potential power within. Hence, it follows that force is not common matter, and the only thing that remains after the abolition of such material, is a void. Note. - The writer often uses penetrability and elasticity as synonymous. Qualities of Force. Some forces are more refined than others. Everything in the universe is comparative. The lower forces are material by comparison with the higher. Everything in itself, is penetrable and elastic but only to a higher force; the lower cannot penetrate the higher. The lowest force is common matter, the highest force is thought or mind. All forces are one in the abstract. What we call forces are only its forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.