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For there is a music wherever there is a harmony, order, or proportion, and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres.

Thomas Browne

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Thomas Browne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1605
Born: October 19
Died: 1682
Died: October 19
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London
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Sir Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne
Music
Spheres
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Wherever
Harmony
Thus
Order
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