"Throughout Nature we find a system of compensation. The

centripetal force is offset by the centrifugal; and when,

according to the fable, the crystal complained of its hard lot in

being unable to move, while the eagle could soar through the

upper air and see all the glories of the world, the bird replied,

'My life is but for a moment, while you, set in the rock, will

live forever, and will see the last sunrise that flashes upon the

"We know that Christ, while walking on the waves, did not sink,