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a nearer object. It is said that while thus
meditating he saw an apple fall from a tree
to the ground, and that this fact suggested
the questions: Is the force that pulled that
apple from the tree the same as the force
which draws the moon to the earth? Does
the attraction for both of them follow the
same law as to distance as is given by the
planetary motions round the sun? It has
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