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    fragile health, he entered the Jesuit Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche, where he was introduced to mathematics and physics, including Galileo's...
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    the Valley line and H-Line in 1954; the A-Line and Y-Line in 1955; the Flèche/Arrow and Aimant/Magnet lines in 1956; and the Libre/Free and Fuseau/Spindle...
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    There are variations on the brevet theme including team events such as the "Flèche" or "Arrow", which usually converge on a single end point from many starts...
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    Descartes, accused by Jean Baptiste Chauveau, a former classmate of La Flèche, explained in a letter to Mersenne (1639 February) that he never read those...
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    Ronald Weeks, which provide a deep symmetry in the design. The hexagonal flèche rises to support a three-pronged spire, enclosing a cross. The spire contains...
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    occurring after 1807. As a child, he attended the military Prytanée of La Flèche on a scholarship granted because his father had helped found the school...
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    Henry II in 1552. The Chateau and chapel in 1656 The chapel with flèche, in a geometry textbook (1702) The chapel west front in 1790 By the end of the...
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    scholastic Latin, the Latin Descartes "had learned in a Jesuit college at La Flèche.") Most modern reference works show it with a comma, but it is often presented...
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    Sarthe, France). He was educated at Le Mans and at the Jesuit College of La Flèche. On 17 July 1611, he joined the Minim Friars and, after studying theology...
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