A Mind Is Accustomed To Mathematical Deduction,

Discover The Force Of The Skies O Men: Once Recognised It Can Be Put To Use.

We Do Not Ask For What Useful Purpose The Birds Do Sing, For Song Is Their Pleasure Since They Were Created For Singing. Similarly, We Ought Not To Ask Why The Human Mind Troubles To Fathom The Secrets Of The Heavens.

But Although The Attractive Virtue Of The Earth Extends Upwards, As Has Been Said, So Very Far, Yet If Any Stone Should Be At A Distance Great Enough To Become Sensible Compared With The Earth's Diameter, It Is True That On The Motion Of The Earth Such A Stone Would Not Follow Altogether; Its Own Force Of Resistance Would Be Combined With The Attractive Force Of The Earth, And Thus It Would Extricate Itself In Some Degree From The Motion Of The Earth.

I Am A Lutheran Astrologer, I Throw Away The Nonsense And Keep The Hard Kernel.

Some Of What These Pamphlets [of Astrological Forecasts] Say Will Turn Out To Be True, But Most Of It Time And Experience Will Expose As Empty And Worthless. The Latter Part Will Be Forgotten Literally: Written On The Winds While The Former Will Be Carefully Entered In People's Memories, As Is Usual With The Crowd.