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Magnetisms


For itтАЩs well known that bodies act one upon another by the attractions of
gravity, magnetism, and electricity; and these instances shew the tenor and
course of Nature, and make it not improbable but that there may be more
attractive forces than these.

тАФSir Isaac Newton, Optics 1717

Wherever law ends, tryanny beginsтАж




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EMPIRE OF UNREASON




тАФJohn Locke, Second Treatise of Government 1689




1.




A Matter of Gravity


Benjamin Franklin felt awfully pleased with himself as he rose from the
polished oak table to face his audience. The meeting room in the upper story of
the Egyptian Coffeehouse was suffused with milky sunlight that poured
through high, wide windows, blending with arabesques of pipe smoke and
ephemeral vapors from a dozen bowls of coffee. He felt as if he were
addressing a Dutch paintingтАФone he himself had commissioned.

He paused at a small bench, and made as if to pluck at the cloth that covered
the squarish object that lay upon it; but instead, repressing a devilish grin, he
turned toward the assembly and cleared his throat. Coffee bowls clinked and
settled as ten men and two women regarded him expectantly. He summoned
up his best oratorтАЩs voice.

тАЬThe opening questions of the Junto having been asked and answered, I now
propose a modest demonstration. But first a query, my ladies and my