Sentence:  So we may conceive the coexistence of the infinite number of universal , apparently momentary <WSD>states</WSD> of matter , successive one after another in consciousness , but permanent each on its own basic phase of the progressive frequencies . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)