, 1881-07-24

nj I'VE are conscious" he said, "o1 d
no.ver to move our own limbs, and. BY their
intervention. other bodies" Thus the phe-
nouenon Of the body of n bore flying DOW"
thu stairway without the precautlon OF uslnS
the steps is explained by tie tact OF tne nv
rim nf his irate victims leg in the act OF ao-
mtnis:ering violent kick
The phenomenon of kissing Is clearly eS-
n]oinab1e by motion. The lOver steals KISS
from his inamoratl's check; she is agitates''
and tremblcs with emotion, or she pfetehos
IN he euraged. and slaps him In the tace' OF
cha l. n1eased, and offers her lips to be
t-;sse,1. In this case motion Is present as LIE
cause and effect Of every act III the h'ss!.12
drama: and "wilen motion Is once oesu,1 .1h
n case Of this kind] it must be contlnueu to1~
ever. we're it not for the interruption OF *
ternal causes'' The external cause, II the
kissing is ut 4 picnic, is the sudden "ppe'i-
ance on the scene of some strolllns fooi' or
If IN the parlor, the advent of the old gen
tleulan on some trumpetl- uperrand'
The uhe1,ou,enon Of disagreenents among
rats is expIaIned by motion. The house eat
sits purrlng in perfect repose in the PACK
yaru at midnight. Suddenly the heSt-u"o'
neighbor's cat dashes over the wall III ho1
| haste. with back elevated and tail expanded
shifting and snarling like tiend- The hsht
| which inevitably takes place Is the result OF
| the motion Of the cat jumping over me wall
when hoth cats are in motion still otner
nhenomeuon OF motion are developed IN the
| form of FIXING brckbats, bootjacks, boots'
| and other missiles descending in shower
frou, the neignbortng windows.
| tits law Of Nature that "any particle OF
| matter. unacted OH by any other matter, and
| once in motion, Is perpetual nlot1on. ~
| follows, of course, that when particle OF
matter is brought to state OF rest oy con-
tact with another particle Of matter all crea-
ton is shaken from centre to circumference
by the conclusion, in accordance with the
| law of "corrclation Of forces" We don't
expect common people to comprehend THIS
abstruse proposition, but "cullivated think
ers" will understand it, and that Is suffl-
| ctent for our present purpose Inc Coh-
| cord School of Philosophers will know
! that we propose tn apply the proposition
! stated to the phenomenon OF cat-flEhtlng'
The cat, when splitting mad, IS particle OF
| matter in motion. Enacted on by any other
| baftic1r Of matter, the splitting mad cat would
! fight perpctually. The other splitting mad
cat is, however. a particle Of matter in mo-
| ton, and the impact Of the bl"ws delivered
and received by the particles Of matter re"
spectireIy results in reducing one OF the par
ticles of matter to q state OF rest, whllo
the other moves on. But the combat has,
meantime, brought other forces into motion'
and these new developments OF motion IN
turn become the cause Of other phenomena.
| But we need not multiply examples. we
have demonstrated the truth Of the guess OF
the Concord School of Philosophers that Aall
phenomena are explained By notion" Cultl-
waited thinkers may sneer at the simple Ian
guaee we have employed and at the honlely
illustrations used to enforce our argument
Jealousy and senyy may prevent the author
of "a Students Dream " from awarding us
the prize, but an appreciative public Will, II
he fails to do this essay justice, overwhelm
him with withering scorn.