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Book 2 · lines 80–94
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80Si cessare putas rerum primordia posse
81cessandoque novos rerum progignere motus,
82avius a vera longe ratione vagaris.
83nam quoniam per inane vagantur, cuncta necessest
84aut gravitate sua ferri primordia rerum
85aut ictu forte alterius. nam cum cita saepe
86obvia conflixere, fit ut diversa repente
87dissiliant; neque enim mirum, durissima quae sint
88ponderibus solidis neque quicquam a tergibus obstet.
89et quo iactari magis omnia materiai
90corpora pervideas, reminiscere totius imum
91nil esse in summa, neque habere ubi corpora prima
92consistant, quoniam spatium sine fine modoquest
93inmensumque patere in cunctas undique partis
94pluribus ostendi et certa ratione probatumst.