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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.

In So Many And Such Important Ways, Then, Do The Planets Bear Witness To The Earth's Mobility.

Pouring Forth Its Seas Everywhere, Then, The Ocean Envelops The Earth And Fills Its Deeper Chasms.

Moreover, Since The Sun Remains Stationary, Whatever Appears As A Motion Of The Sun Is Really Due Rather To The Motion Of The Earth.

So, Influenced By These Advisors And This Hope, I Have At Length Allowed My Friends To Publish The Work, As They Had Long Besought Me To Do.