"It is my resolution... to give foreign nations to see of this matter... And, collecting all the speculations of mine that concern the Copernican system, to let them know that... there proceed from this climate not only doctrines for the health of the soul but also ingenious discoveries for the delight of the mind."
January 1, 1970
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