It is strange only that, except for Dr.
Holcomb and this man Avec, science has overlooked the stupendous
significance and suggestion of this particular fact.
"Now, consider another well-known fact: No matter how you try you
cannot prevent gravity from acting. It will pull every object
down, regardless of how you try to screen it from the earth.
"Why? Because gravity penetrates all things. Again, why? Why
should gravity penetrate all things?
"The answer is, because gravity is a function of the ether. And
the ether is an imponderable substance, so impalpable that it
passes right through all solids as though they were not there.
"These are two highly suggestive points. They show us, first, that
two substances can exist within the space formerly thought to be
completely filled by one. Second, they show that ALL substances
are porous to the ether.
"Very well. Bear in mind that we know nothing whatever directly
about the ether; our knowledge is all indirect. Therefore--
"It may be that there is more than one ether!
"Conceive what this means. If there were another ether, how could
we become aware of it? Only through the medium of some such
phenomenon as the Blind Spot; not through ordinary channels. For
the ordinary channels are microscopes and test-tubes, every one of
which, when traced to the ultimate, is simply a concrete
expression of THE ONE ETHER WE KNOW!
"In the nature of the case our five senses could never apprehend a
second ether.
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