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For I Am Not So Enamoured Of My Own Opinions That I Disregard What Others May Think Of Them.

Moreover, Since The Sun Remains Stationary, Whatever Appears As A Motion Of The Sun Is Really Due Rather To The Motion Of The Earth.

The Scorn Which I Had Reason To Fear On Account Of The Novelty And Unconventionality Of My Opinion Almost Induced Me To Abandon Completely The Work Which I Had Undertaken. . . . Astronomy Is Written For Astronomers. To Them My Work Too Will Seem, Unless I Am Mistaken, To Make Some Contribution.

Perhaps There Will Be Prattlers Who, Although Completely Ignorant Of Mathematics, Nevertheless Take It Upon Themselves To Pass Judgment On Mathematical Questions, And On Account Of Some Passage In Scripture, Badly Distorted To Their Purpose, Will Dare To Censure And Assail What I Have Presented Here.

For When A Ship Is Floating Calmly Along, The Sailors See Its Motion Mirrored In Everything Outside, While On The Other Hand They Suppose That They Are Stationary, Together With Everything On Board. In The Same Way, The Motion Of The Earth Can Unquestionably Produce The Impression That The Entire Universe Is Rotating.