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Chapter 4
* The poem and the signatures were mostly visible in Delambre’s day but have faded considerably since. The poem reads in Latin:
Parvula Cartesii fuit haec calvaria magni,
exuvias reliquas gallica busta tegunt;
sed laus ingenii toto diffunditur orbe,
mistaque coelicolis mens pia semper ovat.