...formed them." " While the same particles continue entire, they may compose bodies of one and the same texture in all ages ; but should they wear away or...would be changed. Water and earth composed of old, wornout particles would not be of the same nature and texture now with water and earth composed of...

...them would be changed. Water and earth composed of old worn-out particles would not be of the samo nature and texture now with water and earth composed of entire particles in the beginning. And, therefore, that nature may be lasting, the changes of corporeal things are to...