New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-18

Seen iTree IN me a condemned. his friends not al
lowed TO erect q monument over MS Oo"'''
ance his work was oyerihio"n' - ,yvp,vp
DO not understand inc here as casting Dano vi
the Roman Church as such. 1t must III ia'in''o ~
said that some of its best men tried 10 stop 'i'
great mistake but the current was 100 suone'
The whole Of the civilized world was at faui'' rIo
testant as well as Catholic, and not any particular
OFT We're there time would refer at length 10
enc % the modern mysti1eations of the history OF
Galeo one OF the latest seems TO have lot lls Eh
work the theory that Calico was condeuhe o TINS
defense make the matter infinitely worse for those "n1
committed this great wrong. Ihey r uep'i'0 ~
Ara O tReTp Kepler comes. He leads science or ~
greater victories He throws out the minor errors OF no
in styrC and at Tbingen Catholics
AT Rome press upon him. but Newton Hnyghens anu ine
victory And yet the did not wholly end Iowar9 VIZ
end OF the seventeenth eeninIy even bVsSue id Sr
of Meaux-mOst sublime Of religious thinkers 1'
tbe PtOelnaic theory as the Scrptural theory h1h
Roscoych the great mathematician Of the Jests Hstn
sgSe and the decree OF the holy nqnon re-
card the earth immOyable. NeNcltn elesS, ioi
phclty IN e1pi9nalo, % 80 S Lvnathrses ihe appear
ances faver that idea" Nor has the opposition Iet
even in our own time. on the 9Th OF May lo!9 gGat
multitude assembled at Thorn 10 commemorate The SgDn
anniversary Of KOpernlk and 10 uh'ah INV
waldsden's statue OF him.
AFOTHEOsIs or KOPERNiK
Kopernk had lived a pious Christian life He
was well known for transformations Christian char
ity With ms religious belief no fault had ever
been found; he n Canon OF tho chnrch
of Frauenburg and over his grave had been written inc
most touching OF Christian epitaphs Naturally then'
the people expected religious service All was uRder'
stood TO be arranged for IT, The procession marched 10
the church and waited the hour passed. no priest up
peared, could DO induced to appear hoPeeIGnA;
simple charitable, pOus, one OF the noDcst CUTS oI uU
70 Tie service OF Religion us well Science, was s
held 10 be a reprobate Seven years after that
hG s oT TrobSsd S To- ChTsans Nor was this feeling
confined merely to the more ancient church. feTnaps
I'm 1855 at Berlin. large body Of PTocsants had as
sembled to protest against what they deemed @
declared against the COpernican theory as uhseFP'u'
SOME OF RESULTS.
And now what by either party in this long ana
terrible war; The party which would subordinate inc
methods and aims OF science to those OF theology Though
I'm general obedient TO deep convictions, had given to
Christianity series OF the worst blows 1t had ever re-
ceiyed They had made large numbers Of the best men
in Europe hate IT, Why did Ricetto and Bruno, and
Vanni when the CruclN was presented TO them III uel
hour Of martyrdom. turn from that blessed image win
ioath,Hgi Simply because Christianity had been made
TO Identical with the most horrible oppression on tns
mind Worse than that these wellmeaning defenders OF
fine faith had wrought the very fiber Of the European
heart that most unfortunate OF all deas-the dea thA
there necessary antagonism between science ana re-
iiron Like the landsman who lashes himself to the
anchor the sinking ship IN the sight OF All men, Dy the
strongest cords OF logic which they could sp tlty hau
attached the great fundamental doctrines OF Christianity
to these mistaken ideas science. and the advance OF
knowledge had engulphed them. ON the otlier manu.
what had science done for religion Simply this Roper
nix, escaping persecution only by deathi JoIIano
Bruno burned alive as a monster OF lmpieVi Ealto
tortured and Inundated the worst OF mis-
believers; Keper hunted alike by Protestants
and Catholics had given to religion great new lOuh-
datlons great ennobllng conceptions. great new
revelation OF the might of God Under the oa we
have that princely astronomer Alphonso OF Sase sec
ing the poverty OF the Ptoemaic system yet knowing no
other, startling Europe with the blasPhemy' tnat 10
better order OF the heavenly bodies Under the new sys
tenn you have Keper filled with religious spirit en
claiming. Il do think the thoughts OF Cod Inc inner
ence religious spirit between these TWO men MARKS INC
conquest gained 10 this war by Science ioI helgoIi
with you fought on those great heds occupied ny
such sciences as Chemistry and haiura Ih'GsoLy EhH
before these sciences were out OF their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
vet they ottefing mainly toward childish oects anu
by childish stepsthe champions OF thaI same 01 he ,1
the war Tie catalogue OF chemists and physicists per-
secuted OF thwarted would nh volumes
OTHER BATTLE FIELDS.
There are many other battleheds OF Science for
which we have no time Interesting would 1t be to
look over the field OF Meteorology, beginning with
the Conception supposed be scrptura Of angels open
ing and shutting windows OF heaven, and letting out
the waters above the armament upon the EARTH continu
ing through tho battle of Fromundus aud Bodn down to
a logical and purely scientific conclusion from the doc
trlne that MeteorOogy Is obedient TO laws
ANATOMY AND MEDICINE.
But pass TO fields of more immediate importance TO
us-those OF anatomy aud Medicine II might DO sup
posed that the votaros OF Sciences Ike these would
be suffered 70 escape attack. Unfortunately
they have had 10 stand In the thckest OF the
battle AS far back the latter part Of the thirteenth
century Arnold dc villa Nova noted physician and
chemist The missile usual in such cases was hurled at
him. He charged with sorcery and dealings with
the devil lie was communicated and driven from
spain such seemed the fate Of all men IN that field who
gained glimmer Of new scientific truth. Men even
like Cardan and Paracelsus and POta VINO pandered To
popular superstition were az once set upon f they
thought sound the insufficient path " ArsOtelan IN
veseaton We have seen that the weapons used against
the Astronomers mainly the epithets lnhdel and
Atheist We have also seen that the principal missiles
against chemists and physicists were tho eplthets sOr
cerer guer with the devil and have picked up
various batteelds another effective weaponthe cpl
tibet MahOmetan. On the heads Of the anatomiss ana
physicians concentrated all these missiles. The
charge Of atheism rpened into proyerb; J6 Si"u tres
icians you find two athestsJ Magic seemed common
charge that many OF the physicians seemed 10 believe
il themselves MahOmotanIsln ana AverrOism became
almost synonymous with Medicine. and PetraTch stigma
tied AyerrOsts men who denied genius ana barked at
Christ Not TO weary you with the details OF earlier
struggles will select q great benciactor OF mankind
and champion OF scientific truth at the period Of the
Revival Of Learning and the Refomaton-A ndreas
Nesaus. the founder Of the modern science OF anatomy
The battle waged by this is OF the gorics Of our
race The old methods exhausted by MS
early fervor and he sought TO advance science by strictly
scientific by patient investigation and by careful
recording OF results. From the outset Yesalus proved
himself master In the search for real knowledge he
braved the most terrible dangers Before his time the
dissection Of the human subject was thought akin TO
sacrege. Occasionally some anatOmst like Muudinus
had given little display with such subject but for
purposes Of inresi0diOi IL placed among things
forbidden. Through this sacred cOnyentiOnalsm We.
saius broke without fear. Braylng eccleaastcal cen.
and popular fury, ho studied his science by tho
only method which could give useful results No peril
daunted him. He haunted Gibbets and charnelhOuses
10 secure the material for his investigations. In
his search he rsked alike the cruelty OF tho
inquisition and the virus Of tho plague.
First OF all he began 20 place the great OF
human anatomy It's solid modern foundations
fal examination and observation of the human body;
This hIs first great SIM and IL aggravated
by considered even greater.
MISTAKES OF THE CHURCH
Perhaps the most unfortunate thing that has
ever been done for Christianity Is tho tying II
to forms Of science and systems of education
which doomed and gradually sinking. Just as in
fla hutu