BOOK II. COSMICAL ARRANGEMENTS 119 CHAPTER I. The Structure of the Solar System 121 II. The Circular Orbits of the Planets round the Sun 123 III. The Stability of the Solar System 127 IV. The Sun in the Centre 134 V. The Satellites 137 VI. The Stability of the Ocean 140 VII. The Nebular Hypothesis 143 VIII. The Existence of a Resisting Medium in the Solar System 150 IX. Mechanical Laws 163 X. The Law of Gravitation 166 XI. The Laws of Motion 178 XII. Friction 183 BOOK III. RELIGIOUS VIEWS 193 CHAPTER I. The Creator of the Physical World is the Governor of the Moral World 195 II. On the Vastness of the Universe 205 III. On Man’s Place in the Universe 212 IV. On the Impression produced by the Contemplation of Laws of Nature; or, on the Conviction that Law implies Mind 223 V. On Inductive Habits; or, on the impression produced on Men’s Minds by discovering Laws of Nature 230 VI. On Deductive Habits; or, on the Impression produced on Men’s Minds by tracing the Consequences of ascertained Laws 243 VII. On Final Causes 257 VIII. On the Physical Agency of the Deity 267 IX. On the Impression produced by considering the Nature and Prospects of Science; or, on the Impossibility of the Progress of our Knowledge ever enabling us to comprehend the Nature of the Deity 273 ON ASTRONOMY AND GENERAL PHYSICS. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. _Object of the Present Treatise._