“And men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad streams of rivers, the vastness of the ocean, and the turnings of the stars—and they do not notice themselves.”[i]—Saint Augustine of Hippo, fifth century Church Father
[i] Augustine, The Confessions of Saint Augustine, Book X, Chapter 8, trans. Rex Warner (New York: Mentor-Omega, 1963), 219.