Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.

For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.

Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.

If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage of Scripture, which they have miserably warped to their purpose, I regard them not, and even despise their rash judgement.

The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.

At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.

The Universe, wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator.