, 1873-11-30
THE MODES or M3Tl0N--.iS> ORGANIC LIFE
ONE OF THEM7

Matter and motion The physical universe
contains nothing olso; and thoro orc those WHO
would hayo us bolioye that noithor in heaven
nor On earth is there anything for our philoao-
ply to dream Of but the modes Of motion aud
tho changes Of matter,-the distributions and
1odistributions OF both. Certain it is, TINT tho
dreamn of tho philosophy OF Evolution extend
no further. Cartain it is. too that. those arc
tho two magic fuctors--each Protoan In form
thut make up
ALL WE SEE, HEAR, Oh FEEL.
OF mattor, ngain, it may DO questioned
whether TIC know anything but what ia revealed
to us Of 1t by itB notions Its colors md tom
porature aro fornH oi motion, md oven its ao-
1dity, wo aro told by Bomo, ia another. soiouco
has latoiy resolved many familiar phonomcna
into motion, a1.d bucks tho aolution by domon-
stratioua which no ono may gaiuRay. We do
not speak hero so much Of Visible motion Us Of
those "vaniBhing gsadations Of motion. ns
.Grovo calls thcm, ncarcely suspoctod by tho un-
initiated to bo motions ut ali.
THUS SOUND,
gciontsts toll liz, is only motion. Tho roaring
Of tho sea, tho roll Of tho thuutlor, tho noso Of
artillery, tho morning-song Of the lark, and tho
tonder voice OF woman, arc all, in tho ultimate
Analysis, motion. Tho powor Of Lucca or u
NilHBon consists only IN tho ability to produce
certain motions. Tho genius Of u Booth or q
Rlstori, too is tho genius to produce certain
neutrality-suspicious. Of sound, muscular ard
other motions. Iako away the actor's skill to
produce these movements, and you deprive him
Of hts genius. It Ia hcnrtlcss thing to reduce
tho cry Of anguish aud the wal Of despair, no
less than tho oloquonco OF Dc,uosthonos into
motion. Yot such they aro. They may DO moro
than this They may bo aomething which acIai,ce
cannot reach. We know they arc; but, then,
thoy aro motions, too.
What more unliko nound than
LIGHT?
| And yet the difference botweon thom ia differ
ence OF motion aud undulation. Tho thousand
goma Of night a1o visible only by tho rnotiona
| they produce. Their very acintii'ation III mo-
| ton. AL wo know Of them is thoir 1nosionu.
| All re know Of any heavenly body il the hB-
| tory Of the motions It ia subject to,-motions
through apaco, motion in an orbit motion
around pr11uary, end tho wavo'motions IT, pro-
ducas. Tho glory OF tho Hun aud tho tintn o1
the rainbow arc motions; and 80 ia tho surpasa
Ing beauty of tho aurora Of tho rosy-angered
morn, Or the soft evening twilight. Tho white
neaa Of tho lily is lnotion md 60 nre the torrol
Of the lightning aud tho awfnlnesa Ut tho Garth
quake. Tho most delightful odors, the mon
brilliant colors, are fornlH of motion.
| MOTION poEa ALL ou1t WoNK,-
assumos oyory alapo Of oncrgy. 1t In tue powc
of tho sun, and, through the snn, tho cauRo oI
all tho changes going on OIL oarth md II
our aolnr syatom. Our vast coaa~bods aro on].
storotl-up solar hoat. aud storodup uolar heat II
etoroi-up motion. We warm ourselves IN wlute
by motion. It Ia molecular motion converted
Into mechanical or visible motion TINT priutot
tlia page, tint carried 1t to your door, or owe
tho railway, through tho mail, u thousand 'pIlc
away. Tho thousand industrial arta arc only 81
many modoa OF motion. Skill in them Ia onl
tho ability to produce thoae motions, CARRIE
moro or loss nearer to perfection. ali the ahoc
mal.or, ta.lor, wheolwright or blacksmith docs
to 20 through sorlos or motions to oifoot Ill
object THAT Is hia busncas, All ho tloes IL t.
"put tllingu into 1t places, to movo m oblcc
from whero It Ia not wuntel to where it Ii
More than this l.o cannot do; natrra! toroes 4
tho roat. lie puts Tho objoota in positlon an
Nature doos tho work but Nature works t!.roug
forcos, and thcao forooa, asalu, arc modes &
motion.
But this IL not ALL
THOUGHT,
refined a. It Ia. aubt'e rs arc itn manifestation
Ia by sonlo oonsidorod Z mode Of motion, too,-
| " tho sloostio motion Of brsin.apre" It nil +