Galilei, Galileo
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The systems of the world
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1661
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all generations, corruptions,
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made in the Earth, are all
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ther mediately or immediately directed to the uſe, convenience,
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and benefit of man; for the uſe of man are horſes brought forth,
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for the feeding of horſes, the Earth produceth graſſe, and the
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Clouds water it; for the uſe and nouriſhment of man, herbs, corn,
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fruits, beaſts, birds, fiſhes, are brought forth; and in ſum, if
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we ſhould one by one dilligently examine and reſolve all theſe
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things, we ſhould find the end to which they are all directed, to be
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the neceſſity, uſe, convenience, and delight of man. </
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uſe could the generations which we ſuppoſe to be made in the
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Moon or other Planets, ever be to mankind? </
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ſay that there were alſo men in the Moon, that might enjoy the
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benefit thereof; a conceit either fabulous or impious.</
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The generations &
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ing in the Earth,
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are all for the good
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of Man.
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ted either herbs, or plants, or animals, like to ours, or that there
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are rains, winds, or thunders there, as about the Earth, I
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ther know, nor believe, and much leſſe, that it is inhabited by
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men: but yet I underſtand not, becauſe there are not
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ted things like to ours, that therefore it neceſſarily followeth,
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that no alteration is wrought therein, or that there may not be
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other things that change, generate, and diſſolve, which are not
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onely different from ours, but exceedingly beyond our
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tion, and in a word, not to be thought of by us. </
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am certain, that one born and brought up in a ſpatious Forreſt,
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amongſt beaſts and birds, and that hath no knowledg at all of the
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Element of Water, could never come to imagine another World
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to be in Nature, different from the Eatth, full of living
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tures, which without legs or wings ſwiftly move, and not upon
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the ſurface onely, as beaſts do upon the Earth, but in the very
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bowels thereof; and not onely move, but alſo ſtay themſelves
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and ceaſe to move at their pleaſure, which birds cannot do in the
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air; and that moreover men live therein, and build Palaces and
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Cities, and have ſo great convenience in travailing, that without
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the leaſt trouble, they can go with their Family, Houſe, and
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whole Cities, to places far remote, like as I ſay, I am certain,
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ſuch a perſon, though of never ſo piercing an imagination, could
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never fancy to himſelf Fiſhes, the Ocean, Ships, Fleets,
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at Sea; thus, and much more eaſily, may it happn, that in
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the Moon, remote from us by ſo great a ſpace, and of a
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ſtance perchance very different from the Earth, there may be
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ters, and operations, not only wide off, but altogether beyond
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all our imaginations, as being ſuch as have no reſemblance to
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