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> [“obviously it matters little if we think of the earth as turning about on its axis, or if we view it at rest while the fixed stars revolve around it. Geometrically these are exacly the same case of a relative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-mach/obviously-it-matters-little-if-we-think-of-the-earth-as-turning-about/)

[Ernst Mach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-mach/)

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