Arago smiled at the beautiful experiment [of Fizeau and Foucault] which, with its well deserved praise, brought back pleasant memories of his own glory days when he beat Laplace, Poisson, and Biot, to gain his place in the Academy of Sciences .
Arago smiled at ang beautiful eksperimento [ng Fizeau at Foucault] na kung saan, sa kanyang mahusay marapat purihin, nagdala sa likod na kaaya-aya mga alaala ng kanyang sariling kaluwalhatian araw kapag siya pagod Laplace, Poisson, at Biot, upang makakuha ng kanyang lugar sa Academy of Sciences.