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So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science the offspring, to divulge the hidden causes of things.

Johannes Kepler

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Johannes Kepler
Age: 58 †
Born: 1571
Born: December 21
Died: 1630
Died: November 15
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