...else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from out to another, U to me »o great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical mutters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an ri^ent,...

...by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, ú to me so'preat an absurdity that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters n competent faculty of thinking, cui ever fill into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting...

...through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and i'orce may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." The conviction which his conception of gravity impressed thus strongly on Newton's mind, is enforced...

...Timseus, that "it is impossible for two things alone to cohere, without the intervention of a third." through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." (Third letter to Bentley, page 26.) It was truly observed by Bacon, that "the doctrines of great and...

...anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is Jo me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." (Third letter to Bentley, page 26.) It was truly observed by Bacon, that " the doctrines of great and...

...abrupt end to enquiry. Newton has expressed himself strongly on this matter, in saying, 'To suppose that one body may act upon another at a distance,...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.' The conviction which his conception of gravity thus impressed on Newton's mind, is enforced upon us...

...matter," wrote he, "so that one body may act upon " another at a distance, through a vacuum " without mediation of anything else by " and through which...competent " faculty of thinking, can ever fall into " it." Empty space ! it is a delusion. Between us and the sun, between us and the remotest star whose beams...

...body may act upon another at a distance, ; through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, 1 by and through which their action and force may be...no man who has in philosophical matters a competent i- faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.' The conviction ii which his conception of gravity thus...

...without mediation of anything else by " and through which their action and " force may be iconveyed from one to " another, is to me so great an absurdity,...competent " faculty of thinking, can ever fall into " it." Empty space ! it is a delusion. Between us and the sun, between us and the remotest star whose beams...

...dictum of " common-sense :" and so much for the antagonistic dictum whose "absurdity is so great that no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it!"* And this absurd — this incomprehensible — this inconceivable proposition — that matter is capable...