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Nicolaus Copernicus

"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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"For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them."

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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, 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."

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"Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics."

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"First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical."

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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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"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."

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"Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe."

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"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."

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"I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God."

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