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Show THE INERTIA OF IGNORANCE. One of the most pathetic episodes in history is that which makes clear the struggle which Galileo had with the ignoraftce around him. He had constructed a telescope which doubled the splendor of the heavens to the human eye. This brought to his mind a sure conviction that Copernicus Coper-nicus was right in his conclusions; this made of the earth merely a little dark planet which had only borrowed light; thls added infinitely to the majesty duo the Creator in the thoughts of men, and to the universe which was spangled with stars and suns the jewels on the hem of the robe of Omnipotence. To accept the truth required a revision of all the ideas which had before been taught and of H course there was opposition. The learning of H that day was; in most part, limited to the clergy, H and though Galileo showed them the new vision Qf the Universe which his telescope revealed, they M recoiled before the showing deolaring that it was H an impeachment of Holy Writ, Galileo combatted H the bigotry doclarlng that the God who framed H tho Universe did not limit man's researches after H truth and that a sentence here and there which H was at best but alligoricaV neither refuted revela- H tlon on the one hand nor actual facts which man. H through superior advantages might acquire. H |