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From speculations on the homogeneities of each Universe let the Muser pass to the consideration of homogeneities and connections between the three. The pure logical relation of Consequent to Antecedent is copied in the succession of integer numbers, and in the temporal relation of our actions to our experiences, so far as our glimpses of our own minds disclose the truth relation. Even where we can scrutinize events more closely, in each Universe we find one type of happening, that of growth. Does a tree or an ancient column lie prone on the earth? Its displacement was not directly brought about. It grew out of a downward velocity, which itself grew out of an acceleration; and could we extend our glance through aeons,