Violence is composed of four things, that is,1 weight, force,2 motion, and blow. And some say that violence is composed of three passions, that is, force, motion, and blow; and the one that is the most powerful has the shortest life, that is, the blow. The second is force; the third for weakness would be motion; and, if weight were to be accepted among this number, it is weaker and longer lasting than any of those mentioned above.

** Weight is all throughout its perpendicular opposition, and it is entire at each degree3 of that.

** An oblique and free opposition will not resist the descending of a weight, indeed it will fall together with it.

Every weight desires to descend to the center by the shortest path;4 and where there is greater heaviness, there is greater desire. And something that weighs more5 falls more quickly when it is free; and an opposition that is less oblique resists it more. But weight, by nature, passes throughout its support, and thus penetrating6 from support to support, it passes through and becomes heavier7 in body after body as it nears8 its desire. Necessity draws it and abundance chases it away; and it is all throughout its perpendicular opposition, and it is entire at every degree of that. And the opposition that is most oblique will not resist its descending, but will fall together with it when it is free. In its office of pressing, the increasing of weight is the same as force.  Weight is won by force, as force is by weight. Weight, by itself, can be seen without force, yet force cannot be seen without weight. If weight has no neighbor, is seeks one with fury; and force chases it away with fury. If weight desires an unchangeable site, force willingly flees it. If weight desires stability, force is always desiring flight. Weight is, of itself, without exertion; and force is never without these.9  The more weight falls, the more it increases; and the more10 force falls, the more it diminishes. If the one is eternal, the other is mortal. Weight is natural, and force is accidental.  Weight desires stability and permanence; and force11 desires flight and its own death. Weight, force, and blow, in pressing, have similarity to one another.

100 - a b c d

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If a, b, c, and d support the four hundred pounds placed on top of it and you lift half of the base, meaning b and c, where a and d supported two hundred pounds12 before this division, afterwards, the weight at a and d is doubled and goes to13 four hundred.