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propagation of gravity are final.
And in the future, as in the past, Tycho
Brahe’s dictum must be maintained, that
all theory shall be preceded by accurate ob-
servations. It is the pride of astronomers
that their science stands above all others in
the accuracy of the facts observed, as well
as in the rigid logic of the mathematics used
for interpreting these facts.
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