Ever take out new microscope slides?

有没有将新的载玻片从盒子里拿出来过
They can be very hard to get apart.

要想把它们分开很不容易
"And for explaining how this may be, some have invented hooked Atoms,

有人用钩连原子来解释这些现象
which is begging the Question;

这犯了个想当然的逻辑错误
and others tell us that Bodies are glued together by rest,

也有人说物质有东西支持所以黏在一起
that is, by an occult Quality, or rather by nothing,

这说的很玄或者根本就是无稽之谈
and others that they stick together by conspiring motions,

也有人说物质粘合是组合运动的结果
that is by relative rest among themselves."

即互为相对的支撑
These are other theories that are sort of complicated;

还有些更复杂的理论
we don't need to go into it.

我们没必要多讲
"I had rather infer from their Cohesion,

我从物体的内聚力推想到
that their Particles attract one another by some Force,

粒子间的相互吸引是由于某种力