ForoM."  Tlilfl,  wlijch  U  ordinarily  cAllcd  TTiiifonnitjr  rf
L»w,  we  found  to  bo  » ii«coMiu-]r  iraiilicntioa  of  Uio  lud  Uul
Vorco  can  ntiUicr  arise  oat  of  uolliitig  tior  lupao  into
nothiiig.
Tlie  deduction  next  drawn,  wii»  Hud  forces  wUich  seem  lo
\te  lostero  transfonno^l  into  tlieir  eqaifalents  of  other  forces ;
or,  con-nncly,  lliitt  fai-coa  nliicb  become  tnAnifoatj  do  >o  hj
iliMppcarsnce  of  prc-oxisting  eqairaWnt  forces.  Of  tboM
truths  vru  found  iUuslratiotut  in  llio  motions  of  tho  ticamdj
bodira,  ia  tlio  clumges  going  on  over  tlit}  Knrtb'ii  tarlma),
and  in  all  organic  and  supcr-orgiksio  actions.
It  tnmod  out  lo  bo  tbo  same  with  tbe  law  tbitt  i:rLi7tliiiig
movM  along  tho  lino  of  least  rcsistcnco,  or  tho  liaa  ol
greotest  traction,  or  their  roeoltant.  Among  moTcmentA  of
»U  orders,  from  those  of  stan  down  to  Uioso  of  uervooa  ilifr-
charges  and  commercial  cuircnta,  it  was  abon*n  both  that
this  is  BO,  and  tliat,  given  the  Persistcnco  of  Force,  it  mnat
bo  ao.
So,  too,  wo  saw  it  to  bo  with  "  Tho  lUtythm  of  Mottoa."
All  motion  alt«niatoi — be  it  the  motion  of  planota  in  tbuir  |
tifbits  or  ethereal  molecules  in  tbeir  nndulationa — bo  it  tha
cadencos  of  spoceh  or  Oto  rises  and  fallii  of  prices ;  and,  at
bifuro,  it  became  mftnifext  tluit  Force  being  ]>t>rs)atcnt,  tLii
purpctual  reversal  of  Motion  between  Uoiita  is  inevitable.
