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How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.
Maria Mitchell
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Maria Mitchell
Age: 70 †
Born: 1818
Born: August 1
Died: 1889
Died: June 28
Astronomer
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University Teacher
Nantucket Island
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