[733] Conv. II. xiv. 28-30; IV. ii. 58-61; Par. xxvi. 128, 129.
[734] Par. viii. 127-135.
[735] Par. iv. 49-60.
See also Ecl. ii. 16, 17; and
Conv. IV. xxi. 17-19, 25-27.
[736] De Mon. II. ii. 21-23; Cf. Par. xiii. 64-78.
[737] “This carries fire towards the moon, this compresses and binds Earth together.” Par. i. 115, 117. See also De Mon. III. vii. 30, 31, and I. xv. 38-41; Conv. III. iii. 10-13; Qu. xviii. 11, 12, and many others.
“The fire doth upward move By its own form, which to ascend is born, Where longest in its matter it endures.” Purg. xviii. 28-30. (Longfellow).
[739] Inf. xxxii. 8, and 74; xxxiv. 110, 111. See also Par. xxxiii. 22, 23; Inf. ix. 28, 29; Qu. iii. 6-9, etc.
[740] De Mon. I. xv. 46-48; Qu. xii. 39-42.
[741] “The point towards which weights are drawn from every direction.” Inf. xxxiv. 110-111.