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“The question was not whether the world would end but how soon the end would come.”

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Book:The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

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“Since this is not phrased as a question, Vinnie is not obliged to respond, and does not.”

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