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matical principles, was in opposition to those
of physics, as the heavy and sluggish earth
is unfit to move, and the system is even op-
posed to the authority of Scripture. The
absence of annual parallax further involves
an incredible distance between the outer-
most planet and the fixed stars.
We are bound to admit that in the cir-
cumstances of the case, so long as there was
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