I have often thought that the world is like a great clock, made by a most skillful workman, and that all the parts of it are so exactly fitted to one another, that they all conspire to produce the same effect.
— Robert Boyle Early Modern

Father of modern chemistry

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From 'A Disquisition about the Final Causes of Natural Things'

Date / Period

1688

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Humorous

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https://books.google.com/books?id=P_k8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA60

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