Note 350 — PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE. (continued 4)

These opinions of Newton bear a strong resemblance to those of Strabo, as expressed in the following passage: “Since all things are in motion and undergoing great changes, it is to be supposed that neither does the earth always remain the same, so as neither to be augmented nor diminished; nor yet water; nor that either always possesses the same seat, for that a change of one thing into another seems very much according to nature. For that much earth is converted into water, and much water into earth.”—Geograph., xvii., 1.