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"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals,..." — Nicolaus Copernicus
The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.
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