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Nicolaus Copernicus was a famous astronomer born in Poland in 19 February 1473. He was a mathematician whose accomplishments changed men's ideas of the universe. He also was a well-known writer. Although highly educated in astronomical science, he was much more - he was a child of God who had learned to know and trust his Saviour, Jesus Christ. When he was critically ill with his final illness, his book, 'on Resolutions of the Celestial Bodies', just off the press, was laid in his arms.
At the close of his life, he did not think of himself as an astronomer or scientist, but as a sinner who needed the forgiveness if his Saviour. He asked that the following epitaph be written on his gravestone: "Lord, I do not ask the kindness Thou didst show to Peter. I do not dare ask the grace Thou didst grant to Paul; but, Lord, the mercy Thou didst show to the dying robber, that mercy show to me. That earnestly I pray." (e-Sword)
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