"Celestial Mechanics", Laplace's greatest work. Could be the genesis of the remark "It is easy to see that...."
Napoleon: They tell me that you have written this huge book on the system of the universe without once mentioning its Creator.
Laplace: I have no need for that hypothesis.
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Gary S. Stoudt