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The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church.

The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church.
– Ferdinand Magellan

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