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These relations are not only apparent to the most superficial observation of man, but many of them remain inexhaustible funds of successive discovery, perhaps as long as the continued existence of man upon earth.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “These relations are not only apparent to the most superficial observation of man, but many of them remain inexhaustible…”
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Quincy acknowledges that many celestial relationships are evident and offer endless opportunities for discovery.
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