LA FÀBRICA DEL MÓN
'That tho' a Man were admitted into Heaven to view the wonderful Fabrick of the World, and the Beauty of the stars, yet what would otherwise be Rapture and Extasie, would be but melancholy Amazement if he had not a Friend to communicate it to'.
Archytas (428 - 347 BC), attr. by Christiaan Huygens, 'The Celestial Worlds Discover'd', 1722.
Wenzel Hablik. 'Sunset, Mont Blanc', 1906]:-