Even the optical delusion, by which the motion of the earth from west to east appears to the eye as the movement of the whole firmament from east to west, swells the conception of magnificence to the incomprehensible infinite.
Quincy reflects on the grandeur of the universe and the perception of motion in the cosmos.
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