Let us first apply this idea of Thought-transference to the operation of the Law of Attraction between the Corpuscles, Atoms and Molecules of Substance--the Particles of Substance. The particles are believed to move to or away from each other in accordance with the workings of Attraction and Affinity, in its various degrees. First they must _desire_ to move--not Desire in the developed sense that we feel it, but still elementary "feeling," or "inclination," or "tendency"--call it what you will, but it remains rudimentary Mental Emotion--an E-motion leading to Motion. (This is not a pun--look up the meaning of the word Emotion and you will see its application.) Then, following the Desire, comes the action in the direction of gratifying it. The Particles act to gratify Desire in two ways--acting at a "distance," remember--they exert the Attractive Force, which the writer believes to be Mental Force, _transmitted by Mind, projection_, a mental or psychic bond or connection being thus established. By means of this bond of Mind, the Particle endeavors to (1) draw itself to the object; and (2) to draw the object toward itself. In the case of the Molecule, this Desire and Movement seems to be mutual, and evidenced by and to all Molecules alike, _providing they be within Molecular Distance_, as Science calls it. But in the case of the Atoms, it seems to be different--for there is found a greater degree of "choice," or "elective affinity." This "election" or "choice" is not altogether free, but depends upon the relative likes and dislikes of certain "kinds" of elements, as we have seen in previous chapters, although, to be sure, these Elements are all made out of the same "stuff" in different combinations. The details of Corpuscular Attraction are not known, so it cannot be told whether "preferences" exist, or whether (in the words of the street) all Corpuscles "look alike" to each other. It would appear, however, that there must be some reasons for preference, among the Corpuscles, else they would always form in the same combinations--always act alike to each other, as they are alike in other actions--and thus there would be but _one_ Element or kind of Atom, formed, instead of the _seventy-five_, already known. To be sure, in this case, it _might_ be that the _one_ kind of Atom formed would be the Atom of Hydrogen, and that all other Elements, or Atoms, were modifications of that one--just proving the dream of the Scientists of the Nineteenth Century. But, as Kipling would say, "that is another story."