cams_benton_b028_f003_021_003

(3) [centered]

& a year has been added to past du-
-ration.

The System of the Universe
might have been constructed on a
very, different plan – & made
motionless forever ~

Two slight changes were enough ~

Then we could reckon time only by
succession of thoughts & human events.
Might know who were older but c'd [could]
not know how old anyone was ~
No sure methods.

Now the universe is its own Clock.
We can't help noting the lapse
of times & years ~