Note 737 — SECOND PART. The Astronomy of Dante. (continued 5)
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“This carries fire towards the moon, this compresses and binds Earth together.” Par. i. 115, 117. See also De Mon. III. vii. 30, 31, and I. xv. 38-41; Conv. III. iii. 10-13; Qu. xviii. 11, 12, and many others.