Let us recall that formerly, and at no remote epoch... all the unusual phenomena were regarded as so many signs of celestial wrath. (Pierre-Simon Laplace)

Let us recall that formerly, and at no remote epoch... all the unusual phenomena were regarded as so many signs of celestial wrath.

Pierre-Simon Laplace

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