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Show ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT LVII When time becomes causation, then persistence becomes state and change becomes event. The state is constant as long as the body is constant; the event is variable. When judgment becomes conception, then consciousness becomes memory and choice becomes inference. Memory is constant as long as the body is constant, but inference is variable. Quantities and properties are reciprocal. Number is the same thing as class. We call it number when we consider the particles of which the body is composed. We call it class when we consider the body which they compose. For example, here are ten hollow cylinders. Organize them into a body and they become a gas stove. By their organization a new kind of body is developed. Hollow cylinders become a stove, though the cylinders remain cylinders. In like manner space and form are reciprocal, motion and energy are reciprocal, time and causation are reciprocal, and, finally, judgment and conception are reciprocal. Number, space, motion, time, and judgment are quantities that can be measured. Kind, form, energy, causation, and consciousness are properties that can be classified. The quantities that can be measured and the properties that can be classified are the same things considered from different standpoints; that is, one is the reciprocal of the others. There are still other relations which bodies bear to oije another. All the bodies of the universe have relation to human beings, which are good or evil. These relations constitute another grade of relativity and are qualities. The properties give rise to qualities, for every property may produce a quality when it is considered in relation to human purposes. A number may be few or many for a purpose. Ten cents may be few if we desire to purchase a dozen oranges, but 10 cents may be many if we desire to purchase but two; yet the property remains the same. A thousand dollars may be few; if we desire to purchase a farm, or many if we desire to purchase a coat; but the property remains the same. A pane of glass may be small if we desire to use it in an exhibition window, or it may be large if we desire to use it in a carnage; but the property remains the same. A stone may be small if we use it in the foundation of |