praeterea neque tam condenso corpore nubes esse queunt quam sunt lapides ac ligna, neque autem tam tenues quam sunt nebulae fumique volantes; nam cadere aut bruto deberent pondere pressae ut lapides, aut ut fumus constare nequirent nec cohibere nives gelidas et grandinis imbris.
Besides, clouds can neither be made of so dense a body as stones and wood, nor again so thin as mist and flying smoke; for then they must either fall thrust down by their dead weight, like stones, or, like smoke, be unable to hold together or to contain cold snow and showers of hail.
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