Show l lA SORRY R Y BIGOT N since made a note pote the of-the anni- anni Z few few days we dah- dah of the invention of the telescope telescope-by s' s wc ve frequently do o of noted anniversaries ie Jt 1 was a a. high sou soul a great scholar J T t his studies and by the new vision of f fr r given him by hy the telescope he heS certain that Copernicus was right S il the real truth ruth of the tle ther unfolded r gheri 1 1 he t it that by big big- r j p system system and and amI proclaimed try fry t y he lie w was s made to retract or suffer the fate that c frt rt ok Bruno We Ve thought we were stating his his- tY tYVe We Ve mentioned no creed no church I no reli- reli relit i ill and had no more thought of offending any anyan t nan an of common sense than as though the reference J ad adb been cn made to the burning of witches in Massa- Massa 4 us etts by the fanatics that held sway at one time Uj U rc c. c We Ve are greatly surprised therefore to find finda writer iter in n the Intermountain Catholic of this flat a a. a w Y devotes nearly two columns of that paper to took ok statement of the life of Bruno and the cause of death death l J 1 intermixed with which are such I. I i. ns a as t these hese What t purpose does THE TELE- TELE i RI ur hope to save by opening those old wounds id nd rekindling old fires now dying out if not exP ex- ex ii- ii P Pt t t And why should we call can upon the dead to tower have already given to us that which they fl account of bf f before the eternal judge 7 To ro we reply Why should a brief statement ia a historical fact that can be found in any ency- ency dia and which r reflects flech upon no one who has pd d' d during these past two hundred years cause pause 1 t bigot to flare back in a pious rage I tr tu n w would simply be ludicrous except for the with which his words are arc arec i vindictiveness c and which make clear the fact that had hadj hadt t c t e Ire j hundred led years sooner iio n no one who would have been safe for a j C with Ired-with his belief 1 JW and which except that he is hi an would give a hypocritical tone i losing jg words wherein after exhausting the i f n ure of his en venom om he lie says sars Let I us throw jW e ed d over yer the m mistakes takes of f other times Let f r q d past jast bury its ils dead Let I. us have peace ty c cant can't nt give gh-e. give us us peace give us its a rest Q the grotesque spectacle which the theT T article makes we venture to commend q writer of of it it that for the sake of the can cause c W and for his own reputation on as a foli fol- fol i RJ ot the meek and lowly Jesus that he drop own VIL U advice and follow follo it h |