How small a part of our system is known! What a pitiful molehill is our Earth; and, how insignificant are we — we who creep so proudly on her surface.


Translated by James Jacque, The System of the World, Part I, Chapter V (p. 33)

Johann Heinrich Lambert Quotes

How small a part of our system is known! What a pitiful molehill is our Earth; and, how insignificant are we — we who creep so proudly on her...

How small a part of our system is known! What a pitiful molehill is our Earth; and, how insignificant are we — we who creep so proudly on her...

How small a part of our system is known! What a pitiful molehill is our Earth; and, how insignificant are we — we who creep so proudly on her...

How small a part of our system is known! What a pitiful molehill is our Earth; and, how insignificant are we — we who creep so proudly on her...