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A single part of physics occupies the lives of many men, and often leaves them dying in uncertainty.

Une seule partie de la physique occupe la vie de plusieurs hommes, et les laisse souvent mourir dans l'incertitude.

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"A Madame la Marquise du Châtelet, Avant-Propos", Eléments de Philosophie de Newton (1738)

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