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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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Josiah Quincy
Federalist · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Quincy acknowledges that many celestial relationships are evident and offer endless opportunities for discovery.

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