Quotes about copernicus, page 2
So vast, without any question, is the divine handiwork of the most excellent Almighty.
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Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.
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More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise.
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Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.
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For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.
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In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility.
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We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface.
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The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.
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Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth.
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For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
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