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["clanSkeen" <sgian AT planetc.com>]

Tvo says:

> There are four basic forces in the Unverse---to describe them is to
> describe how this vast machine operates.  They are the "strong force",
> "electromagnetism",  "weak force" and "gravity"

Marvelous progress indeed.

Countless centuries ago those who could see into the mysteries of the
universe described it as being bound by four forces, or essences.  They did
not have an artificial jargon language at their disposal to come up with
such terms as 'electromagnetism' so when pressed to describe what these four
forces were, they called them 'Earth' [strong force], 'Fire'
[electromagnetism], 'Air' [weak force], and 'Water' [gravity].

James