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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
Approximate author period: c. 1603 AD · renaissance
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- Galileo Galilei
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- Approximate author period: c. 1603 AD · renaissance
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