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The Doctrine That The Earth Is Neither The Center Of The Universe Nor Immovable, But Moves Even With A Daily Rotation, Is Absurd, And Both Philosophically And Theologically False, And At The Least An Error Of Faith.

The Sun, With All Those Planets Revolving Around It And Dependent On It, Can Still Ripen A Bunch Of Grapes As If It Had Nothing Else In The Universe To Do.

It Is A Beautiful And Delightful Sight To Behold The Body Of The Moon.

Vision, I Say, Is Related To Light Itself. But Of This Sensation And The Things Pertaining To It, I Pretend To Understand But Little; And Since Even A Long Time Would Not Suffice To Explain That Trifle, Or Even To Hint At An Explanation, I Pass Over This In Silence.

The Earth, In Fair And Grateful Exchange, Pays Back To The Moon An Illumination Similar To That Which It Receives From Her Throughout Nearly All The Darkest Gloom Of The Night.