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The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures of God. For many have not only look'd upon it, as an impossible thing to compass, but as something impious to attempt.

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Robert Boyle
Age: 65 †
Born: 1626
Born: January 25
Died: 1691
Died: December 31
Chemist
Philosopher
Physicist
Lismore (Ireland)
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