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In These Matters The Only Certainty Is That Nothing Is Certain.

Man Alone At The Very Moment Of His Birth, Cast Naked Upon The Naked Earth, Does She Abandon To Cries And Lamentations.

Their Best And Most Wholesome Feeding Is Upon One Dish And No More And The Same Plaine And Simple: For Surely This Hudling Of Many Meats One Upon Another Of Divers Tastes Is Pestiferous. But Sundrie Sauces Are More Dangerous Than That.

We Neglect Those Things Which Are Under Our Very Eyes, And Heedless Of Things Within Our Grasp, Pursue Those Which Are Afar Off.

The Ancients Had Little Doubt About The True Shape Of The Earth: "it's [the World's] Shape Has The Rounded Appearance Of A Perfect Sphere. This Is Shown First Of All By The Name Of 'orb' Which Is Bestowed Upon It By The General Consent Of Mankind. ...our Eyesight Also Confirms This Belief, Because The Firmament Presents The Aspect Of A Concave Hemisphere Equidistant In Every Direction, Which Would Be Impossible In The Case Of Any Other Figure."