The phenomena of precession and nutation depend on movements of the earth itself, and not on movements of the axis of rotation within the earth.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
And thus again the apparent proper motions of the stars are the observed residues of their apparent movements outstanding and unaccounted for by strict calculation of the effects of precession, nutation, and aberration.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
A moment's reflection regarding the obliquity of the earth's axis, nutation, the precession of the equinoxes, the eccentricity of the orbit and the changes in the position of the orbit, will show us what ample room there was for a special adjustment and adaptation between the earth and its satellite and between both to the solar centre.
"Creation and Its Records"
B.H. Baden-Powell