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This quote is from a letter to Galileo by Pope Urban VIII, who ruled the Catholic church during the time period. The church had recently banned the publication and distribution of Galileo’s work on physics and astronomy. He used this letter to remind Galileo that the church would not tolerate any other theories about the universe, even though other scientists at the time were spending time trying to prove Galileo’s theories.
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