Pope Innocent VIII (1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was Pope from 1484 until his death.
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“Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!”
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Of half-forgotten innocent old places:
We and our bitterness have left no traces
On Munster grass and Connemara skies.”
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“For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honor.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;”
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