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"First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical."
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"Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth."

"Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves."

"Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun."

"We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface."

"Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth."

"Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions."

"Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms."
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