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THE Philoſophers of the laſt Age found out a new Univerſe; and a Circumſtance which made its Diſcovery more difficult, was, that no one had ſo much as ſuſpected its Exiſtence. The moſt Sage and Judicious were of Opinion, that 'twas a frantic Raſhneſs to dare ſo much as to imagine that it was possible to gueſs the Laws by which the celeſtial Bodies move, and the manner how Light acts. Gali-
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