"If the stars and the planets do not have any influence over our destiny, then what is their purpose? Can one, however, have enough impiety to accuse God of injustice and iniquity by assuming that He created the great and beautiful sight of the skies and the countless body of stars in vain? It is true that we may use their step to measure time, but is it reasonable to take the world for a gigantic clock? The wettest grass, the coarsest stone and the most lowly animal of this world will always have a useful or precious property for he who knows where to look; and one would there assume that the eternal and incorruptible substances that revolve above our heads are intended by the Benevolent Providence."