Halley observed: “Suppose a number of men of Different Countries, who had never seen, nor in any way communicated with, one another, would walk into a room, and each lay down a piece of Carved Marble, which pieces, when Fitted Together, would make a Perfect statue ​ — how account for it in any other way than that Some One Person had drawn the Specifications, and had sent to each man his part? ”
هالي قائلا :‏ « لنفرضْ ان هنالك عددا من الرجال من بلدان مختلفة لم يروا قط بعضهم البعض ولا اتصلوا بطريقة ما واحدهم بالآخر .‏ ولنفرض انهم دخلوا الى غرفة ووضع كلٌّ منهم قطعة من رخام منحوت تبيَّن عند جمعها انها تؤلِّف تمثالا كاملا .‏