The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.
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I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected.
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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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