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traction. Kepler had been appointed Impe-
rial Astronomer with a handsome salary (on
paper), a fraction of which was doled out to
him very irregularly. He was led to miser-
able makeshifts to earn enough to keep his
family from starvation; and proceeded to
Ratisbon in 1630 to represent his claims to
the Diet. He arrived worn out and debili-
tated; he failed in his appeal, and died from
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