Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-25
From the Magazine and Advocate.
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any IL Is uluuSeu luIOuSuOuS the MATERIAL,
and perhaps immaterial part of the uni
verse, we can not but regard it with deep
emotions of sublimity, and grandeur.
There is not probably, particle Of matter
in the immensely OF space, that is in
perfect state of quiescence all are recip-
rocally acting, and being acted upon, by
each other; not by an inherent property
of their own, but by an inscrntable i'm
pulse, which originates in the source Of
all power.
The apparent, without The invisible
physical changes, that are constantly talk.
ing place upon earth, are sufficient of
themselves 10 confound man, and excite
his admisation. whilst they inform him
that all around him is in a continuous
motion, and that even his corporeai exist
ence can not literally be identified, a. anv
two instants. The body that lies upon
the ground, apparently inert, is as truly
10 motion, as the body falling through he
air; both urge towards the terraqleous
centre, with velocity inversely as the
resistance 10 be overcome {; the square Of
the distance. The waters of the mighty
deep are in state of continual agitation );
moving horizontally in currents alternate
ly from the equator TO the poles, and
changing vertically, particle by particle,
from the surface 10 the bottom, and Uice
rersG, as physical causes may operate !;
willis! It's surface is thrown into commo-
ton by violent winds, or lis aqueous ele-
Inenls repulsed by caloric into the air,
whence il is distributed. in the form Of
rain. 10 different climes, and again return
ed In crystal flow TO the grand reservoir.
The physical condition of the earth is
undergoing lncessant mutations; number
less vegetables, and animals deriving sus-
tenance from earth, air, and water, are
continually s2ringing into exls ence, and
decaying, strewing It's surface with their
Wondering remains; hills and mountains,
by virtue of frost, air, water and chemical
action, are perpelualy hurting heir cum
brous masses into the contiguous valleys,
whence they are gradually transported,
BY gurgllng brooks and majestic rivers,
into the mighty main, whose displaced
waters in return encroach upon the land
! whilst volcanic fires that shake earth 10
the centre, are daily ejecting internal ma
terals, and forming islands and noun
tains. The body of man, though possess
ing the sameness of confguratIon, is un-
ceasiHgly changing in lis materials: re-
ceiving, and throwing of, in constant sue
cession, fleeing particles of matter. Wa
ter and other terrestrial materials, are con
tinuaIy undergoing decomposition, and
yielding up their elementary princlples,to
enter into new arrangement and combin-
/ alton with other bodies. The majestic
KING Of day, without intermission is send
ing forth his luminous emanatlons, exclt-
ing fluctuations on the earlh's surface
giving variety and continuity OF motion tc
the air, whilst perchance lis mod fled cal
oric, flows inwardly from the equator, and
passing out at the magnetlc poles, returns
again in the upper reglons OF the air, Civ
Ing rise to that sublime phenomenon
aurora bOrealis Changes are perpetu
ally taking place in the molecular ar
rangement of bodies, which appear TO hi
human eye in a state Of perfect qulescence
The sensible motion which undoubtedll
the magnet effects in the ultimate parEl
Giles Of iron, would be forever unsuspect
ed By the most acute philosopher, were
not for the perceplible motion that it com
municates 10 the whole mass. Il has re
Gently been suggested by philosopher
that all the transparent space that we be
, hold, may he but a mig hty pore, in al
!, inconceivabty extended solid, aud that a
atom of matter is to a world, that worl
. is to the grand whole; all are In contin
ual motion, revolving about each olhe
} according TO certain immutably establish
ed laws. The ingenious theory of He
schel, is not without its plausiblily; an
il is highly probable that the sun, wit
!. al! his appendages and kindred world
= revolve around some grand centre, at q
almost infinite distance; and thatthe earti
;, siuce the moment that 1t was first usheI
:. ed into existence, has never passed twIc
through the same part Of space, thong
5 moving with a velocity OF millions I
= miles per -FOUR. l. is not absurd, nor II
j. voting to reason, TO suppose that med
- un of extreme tenuity, extends thron9l
,e oat endless space, the molecules Of which
l. are moving with an incomprehensbie Y
/ locitv; AMI that the planetary aud stellar
}. systems, are constantly interc hanging M
: teriaIs with each other, and, like The an
10 nal frame, necessarily receiving, asSlm
is lating aad throwing off particles of ma
,r ter, though still preserving the identity
II organization and con6guration.
r. The philosophical mind, on viewing Il
X in6nily Of motion that exists within it, al
n every where around must naturally
r. led to conclude that there is somewhe
IN an inexhaus,ible source of impulse, wh;t
Sc impulse can alone originate, at the 81
Sc quitarv throne of The Omnpolent Coz
re iorasmuch as motion is no property
,,r matter, nor is it essential to matter:
- atoms are absolutely inert, and can melt