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and_o much_o perplex_v philosopher_n instead_o of_o assist_v they_o in_o explicate_v the_o phaenomena_n of_o body_n and_o as_o for_o the_o effect_n of_o local_a motion_n in_o the_o part_n of_o the_o universal_a matter_n which_o effect_n make_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o phaenomena_n of_o the_o world_n after_o what_o i_o have_v former_o declare_v you_o will_v not_o wonder_v to_o hear_v i_o confess_v that_o to_o i_o the_o supposition_n of_o nature_n whether_o man_n will_v have_v her_o a_o immaterial_a or_o corporeal_a substance_n and_o either_o without_o knowledge_n or_o else_o endow_v with_o understanding_n do_v not_o seem_v absolute_o necessary_a nor_o perhaps_o very_o useful_a to_o make_v we_o comprehend_v how_o they_o be_v produce_v the_o body_n of_o animal_n be_v divers_a of_o they_o little_o less_o curious_o frame_v than_o man_n and_o most_o of_o they_o more_o exquisite_o than_o for_o aught_o we_o know_v the_o great_a inanimate_a mass_n of_o the_o corporeal_a world_n be_v and_o 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