Once Miracles Are Admitted, Every Scientific Explanation

Nature Loves Simplicity And Unity.

The Squares Of The Periodic Times Are Proportional To The Cubes Of The Mean Distances From The Sun.

...for A Long Time I Wanted To Become A Theologian... Now, However, Behold How Through My Efforts God Is Being Debated In Astronomy.

A Mind Is Accustomed To Mathematical Deduction, When Confronted With The Faulty Foundations Of Astrology, Resists A Long, Long Time, Like An Obstinate Mule, Until Compelled By Beating And Curses To Put Its Foot Into That Dirty Puddle.

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.