Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-30

them up aud plioing u on the other.
But since this process would necessl-
tate giving the object = movement In
space OF which two-dlmenaioned
beings would have no conception, II
would to them disappear from view ns
soon ~ lifted cut Of the plane, and
they would be- a, loss 10 account for
tho phenomenon. In cur three.di-
mensioned world similar contfadlc.
tons are trseoable, they claim, and
their refuge Is therefore fourth
dimension. This Is the old argument.
Professor Bostwick follows another
line OF reasoning. He says In
substance At point moves,
It leaves behind II line.
II line moves, iis trace is n
sufisce, and II a surface moves, II
leaves behind It a solid space. 1t
seems then to DO law that the thing
that IL moved traces a space with one
more dimension than itself This law
seems interrupted, however, In the
case VI solid bodies, which, ~ far as We
Know, leave a trail behind them with
no more dimensions than the bodies
themselves. The natural law breaks
down at this point, but the breakage IL
only apparent, and we must suppose n
fourth dimension, and, for that matter
9Th, sixth and 30 on indefinitely.
The Argument is employed for the
purpose Of compelling materialisis to
acknowledge tue possibility OF the
existence VI worlds beyond our physle-
al environments. The writer COCA on
TO say;
II man were limited To two dlmon-
Hlons instead of thtoo-ii, for instance,
ho lived on sheet OF paper a. a picture
does-ho would know u nothing outside
Of that sheet. A race of mon might 1--we
In every ono Of ~ pilo Of a million sheets
oil paper, and IL would bo ply sically i'm
possible that they should ever communi-
cate or oven DO aware Of tho possibility
OF each olhor's existence, though the
distance separating any two would be
loss than tho thousaudth Of an inch. So,
thToo-dimOnsional universct may b.
IANh'h NANHNAN ANkNNNNN NJ ANAA
Aional space, and We may DO surrounded
-almos! touohod-by myriads u beings
Ike ourselves, OF whose existence we
are unconscious and into whose sphere
va cannot come. Tho removal Of di-
mensional conditions would open oil
! these TO Us.
Tho discussion "a curious aud TO
many minds interesting. Yet, its Ab.
suIdity IL very apparent. The learned
professor, like his predecessors, builds
ispTemses on purely abstract ideas,
geometrlcal points, lines and surfaces,
aud then draws HE conclusions around
concrete objects or bodio. II IL not a
logical conclusion that a law that may
find application with regard to the
former should equally apply 10 the
latter. As long NJ the mind deals
with purely mathematical entities, II
may probably be allowed TO imagine a.
many Dimensions as II may need, In
this same way rs II may ngufe on this
duration Of eternity or the extension OF
space, without ever arriving ~ any
conceivable boundary; but when II re-
turns 10 the pereeptibls universe, II IL
strictly confined to three Dimensions,
no more and no less. Everything,
from the alom-the invisible particle
Of maIter-to the orbs that float In
space has this peculiarly. A one-di-
mensionei, or two-dimensionod uni.
verse 10 as inconceivable as n four.
dlmsnsiOnsd one, and any argument
for the latter on analogy from tho
former IL, as far As We know, founded
on nothingneas.
That such abSurditiss can be put
forward rs deductions from malho.
MATES, the only science for which ab.
solute certainly ~ claimed, 10 u most
slgninoAnt fact, for they are certain.
ly not formulated without much
thinking by the most capable Of men.
II should 20 far TO prove that even tho
boat equipped human mind IL IN nssd
Of guidance from Abovs,in philosophy
a. In theology. There IL really no need
Of a "iouTth dimension" Aa refuge
from materiAlisnl. Tho revealed word
points out n much better way, more
satisfactory TO reason, and one which,
II tho signs do not deceive, solsntlsts
are on the verge OF acknowledging
after centuries Of dlligsnt search In oil