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(''a'') An evident denial of that fundamental physical law, which states that “ a body ''in motion tends constantly to inertia'', (''i.e.'', to continue in the same state of motion or rest), unless it is stimulated into further action ''by a superior active ''force.” | (''a'') An evident denial of that fundamental physical law, which states that “ a body ''in motion tends constantly to inertia'', (''i.e.'', to continue in the same state of motion or rest), unless it is stimulated into further action ''by a superior active ''force.” | ||
(''b.'') To an original impulse, which culminates in an unalterable motion, within a ''resisting ''ether that Newton had declared ''incompatible with that motion.'' | (''b.'') To an original impulse, which culminates in an unalterable motion, within a ''resisting ''ether that {{Style S-Small capitals|Newton}} had declared ''incompatible with that motion.'' | ||
(''c.'') Universal gravity, which, we are taught, always tends to a centre in ''rectilinear ''descent — ''alone ''the cause of the revolution of the whole solar system, which is performing an eternal ''double ''gyration, each body around its axis and orbit. Another occasional version is : — | (''c.'') Universal gravity, which, we are taught, always tends to a centre in ''rectilinear ''descent — ''alone ''the cause of the revolution of the whole solar system, which is performing an eternal ''double ''gyration, each body around its axis and orbit. Another occasional version is : — | ||