1. Every other moon, sun, comet, planet, and star is itself a center, and extorts its own force upon all the rest. Nothing in the universe stands alone
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2. Our botanist plucked the flowers and named them after himself. And my new husband swept aside all the offerings to the dead and set up his telescope on the altar, because the offering was clear of trees and he wanted the best vantage into the skies. When one of the islanders protested, and tried to push George away, Captain Lateshaw had the man flogged. Because order had to be maintained
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