quod nisi declinare solerent, omnia deorsum, imbris uti guttae, caderent per inane profundum, nec foret offensus natus nec plaga creata principiis: ita nil umquam natura creasset.
For if they were not apt to incline, all would fall downwards like raindrops through the profound void, no collision would take place and no blow would be caused amongst the first-beginnings: thus nature would never have produced anything.
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