The inhabitants of this spot of the universe, though removed so many millions of miles from the sun, yet depend so much on the duly tempered motion of particles coming from or agitated by it, that were this earth removed but a small part of the distance out of its present situation, and placed a little further or nearer that source of heat, it is more than probable that the greatest part of the animals in it would immediately perish: since we find them so often destroyed by an excess or defect of the sun's warmth, which an accidental position in some parts of this our little globe exposes them to.
Unibertsoaren puntutxo honetako biztanleak, eguzkitik hainbat milioi miliatara egon arren, handik datozen edo hark iharrosten dituen egokiro beroturiko partikulen menpe daude, eta lurra egun duen tokitik, apur bat bada ere, aldatu eta berotasun iturri horretatik urrunago edo hurbilago kokatuko balitz, gertagarritik gorakoa da lurreko animaliarik gehienak berehala hilen liratekeela, sarri ikusten baititugu eguzkiaren berotasun handiegiak edo txikiegiak suntsituta, akzidentalki horrelako posizioan egon beharra daukatenean gure lur globotxo honetan.