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> [We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible. There remains perceptible to us only that of the stone, which is not shared by us; and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/we-see-only-the-simple-motion-of-descent-since-that-other-circular/)

[Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/)

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