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tronomer, Le Verrier, whose life had a long
record of successes in calculation, were in-
credulous on being told that it had all been
already done by a young man whom they
had never heard of.
These displays of jealousy have long since
passed away, and there is now universally
an entente cordiale that to each of these
great men belongs equally the merit of hav-
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