![The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any more than the Aetherial Lights [stars] are to be shifted, so that such ideas are opposed both to physical principles and to the authority of the Holy Writ which many time: confirms the stability of the Earth (as we shall discuss more fully elsewhere).](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-body-of-the-earth-large-sluggish-and-inapt-for-motion-is-not-to-be-disturb.jpg)
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