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The force of gravity is a mixed blessing. Although we depend on it to keep us in

our beds at night, to keep the atmosphere down on Earth where we need it,

to keep the Earth in its orbit around the sun, and to keep our food on the plate,

it also comes with the inescapable hazard of falling down and hurting one'self,

against which one must be ever vigilant and on his or her guard.

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