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• For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call childish and…
• From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho's supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether these be…
• The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there…
• Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.
• May I not seem to have lived in vain.
• The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any…
• And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and…
• An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services
• There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars.
• So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.
• Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised…
• When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by…

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