The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were...
The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.
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The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.