Sunday, October 4, 2009

Unlike other things alive -
Birds that wing their way through the air
Fish that in chill waters dive
Beasts that tread the earth
and leave their footprints there -
Man, by reason made aware,
Solely judges and discerns;
Man approaches angels
by the things he learns.

Francesco Stelluti
in Galileo Galileo's Assayer, 1623

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