What the boring machine, an insensible, inert instrument, was unable to bring to the surface of the inner structure of the globe, we were able to peruse with our own eyes and handle with our own hands.
La parte de la contextura del globo que la sonda, instrumento ininteligente y brutal, no podía trasladar a su superficie, íbamos a estudiarlo con nuestros propios ojos, a palparlo con nuestras propias manos.