"Since, then, there is no objection to the……" — Nicolaus Copernicus
"Since, then, there is no objection to the mobility of the Earth, I think it must now be considered whether several motions are appropriate for it, so that it can be regarded as one of the wandering stars. For the fact that it is not the centre of all revolutions is made clear by the apparent irregular motion of the wandering stars, and their variable distances from the Earth, which cannot be understood in a circle having the same centre as the Earth."
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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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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At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.
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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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Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.
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