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There's no other place in space where all the lines go away from it,
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or go toward it. Everybody see that?
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It's only at the charges that they all go away or all go toward.
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And that has a very important meaning,
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that you can't have someplace off in free space
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where all the lines of force would converge.
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Notice if you were to have something that was positively charged,
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and it's at a minimum of energy,
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then any place you displace it,
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it'll get pushed back, if it's at a lowest point in energy.
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You push it any direction, it'll come back.
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That is, all the lines of force must converge on that point.