Galilei, Galileo, The systems of the world, 1661

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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>And why ſhould they be vain and uſeleſſe?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>Becauſe we cleerly ſee, and feel with our hands, that
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              all generations, corruptions,
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              &c.
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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. </s>
              <s>Now of what
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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? </s>
              <s>unleſſe you ſhould
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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.</s>
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              The generations &
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              mutations
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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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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>That in the Moon or other Planets, there are
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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. </s>
              <s>And if, as I
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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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              do's
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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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              ours, and therefore wholly inexcogitable, in regard, that what we </s>
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