"How can this be! You made the system of the world, you explain the laws of all creation, but in all your book you speak not once of the existence of God!"

"Comment, vous faites tout le système du monde, vous donnez les lois de toute la création et dans tout votre livre vous ne parlez pas une seule fois de l'existence de Dieu !"

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"You have written this huge book on the system of the world without once mentioning the author of the universe!" || "How is it that, although you say so much about the Universe, you say nothing about its Creator?"

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