Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Confeis ingenuoufly they don't know how it comes to pafs; No, no, they are not called wzfi-rmm for nothing; tho', let me tell you, mofi 0f their Wifdom depends Upon the Igno rance of their, Neighbours. Every Man prefently gives his Opinion, and how improbable loever, there are Pools enough of all forts to believe 'em: One tells you Phaetm is drawn up by a hidden Magnetick Vertue, no matter where it lies; and (perhaps the grave Gentleman will take Pet, if you ask him the Quefiion. Another fays, P1556 tm is compoe'd of certain Numbers that make him mount; and after all, the pliilofopliei' knows no more oftthofe Numbers than a fucking Child does of Algebra: A third tells you, P/baetazz has a fecret love for the Top of' the Theatre, and like a true Lover, can.

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