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Harmonics , which is not now quoted, only
                                         lest someone might say it was egotistical–a
                                         term which is simply grotesque when ap-
                                         plied to such a man with such a life’s work
                                         accomplished.
                                            The whole book, Astronomia Nova , is
                                         a pleasure to read; the mass of observa-
                                         tions that are used, and the ingenuity of
                                         the propositions, contrast strongly with the
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