We Find, Therefore, Under This Orderly Arrangement,

If This [the Mysterium Cosmographicum] Is Published, Others Will Perhaps Make Discoveries I Might Have Reserved For Myself. But We Are All Ephemeral Creatures (and None More So Than I). I Have, Therefore, For The Glory Of God, Who Wants To Be Recognized From The Book Of Nature, That These Things May Be Published As Quickly As Possible. The More Others Build On My Work The Happier I Shall Be.

My Greatest Desire Is That I May Perceive The God Whom I Find Everywhere In The External World, In Like Manner Also Within And Inside Myself.

Wheresoever The Earth May Be Placed, Or Whithersoever It May Be Carried By Its Animal Faculty, Heavy Bodies Will Always Be Carried Towards It.

He Who Will Please The Crowd And For The Sake Of The Most Ephemeral Renown Will Either Proclaim Those Things Which Nature Does Not Display Or Even Will Publish Genuine Miracles Of Nature Without Regard To Deeper Causes Is A Spiritually Corrupt Person... With The Best Of Intentions I Publicly Speak To The Crowd (which Is Eager For Things New) On The Subject Of What Is To Come.

The Moon... Is A Mass, Akin To The Mass Of The Earth, Attracts The Waters By A Magnetic Force, Not Because They Are Liquid, But Because They Possess Earthy Substance, And So Share In The Movements Of A Heavy Body.