The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-19

Pope came to mi ssisef, pensionsd him
for life. and q. u lea out q helping
hand to his sol, Expressed wish
70 study astronSi Now listen to
Sir David Bres i,.'rhe pension
thus given bys Urban was not the
remuneration. 3assoyereigns; award
to the servicesso their subjects. CALI
'eo q FloreItina KAs a foreigner at
Rome. The Pops awed him no obli-
cation, and wesn8qAt therefore regard
the pension ot ItIso as donation
from the Roman cntif to science Il 4
SELF Called Ssss sSnot content like
the other great gastrononers Of his
time. to demonataAte the copernican
system assan ~ ethes,s astronomical-
ly true; he would insist on its physical
certainty, althoN1 many Of thu as-
guments he adv6pcfd were far from
being faultless. fSr instance. he de-
rived his chief IN anent from, the 'iux
and reflux Of H. tides, which no ast
tronomer now holdssto be. proof 81
! the earth's motion; There were, also
many phystcal di1aoplties in the way
for the specific ssaylty of the air was
not then determinsd, and It was not
till Atty years ter Calico. death
that the law of rayitation was dis
covered BY the Senlus of Newton.
1 Add to this that Galileo dragged the
sacred scripture Unto the controversy;
and contended That his Interpretation,
which at times wxs more fancifuls than
accurate, was alone to be accepted
Cardinal Bellarmine; who was one ot
the most prominent, oounsellors Of the
Holy See, set thS matter in. its true
light when he wrot to Galileo: Eve
cannot 10 bend the interpretatisns of
the Scriptures aa.to suit your system
OF astronomy: !: This 1 tell you, ,wllea
4 the demonstrate Sns shall be found 10
establish thes eaxths motion, II viii
be proper then wv interpret the Holy
Iscripturea othsswise than they have
hitherto been ins tAose passe ges which
Emention the moving Of the heavens
and the stabilityof the world" Il.
Whan the sctsntiile men Of that age
! men si,ss ! SIa stsrs a. 4 "A: 4:
tsrtnin y Il sas u 81
1n1ot titn. we ncAns rehdlly appreciated ,ths
!, MI, an.,o ~ { t,A +HAna,uia,.h of Rn,nt
in their unwillingnesssfo fo commit them.
selves to Galileos theories. In. the
controversy then rigging over thu
i planetary system, the aintemperate Ian.
tguags and violent inveexives Of Galilec
4. deprived him Of the sympathy OF hi
fFbest friends: srIe parsisted In opposing
Ethe teaching Of his day and hurled
bitter invectives against all who dif.
ferred from him. Inspite OF repeated
renonstrance, and relying on the Pom
], tins patronage. Cardinal Barbsrent'.
friendship for him, and the encourage
ment OF smembers ofethe pApal court
\ he resumed with greatest violence hl'
4 attack ON his rivals, and once NOR,
!, Ihe dragged the sacred Scriptures int
] the ntroversy, reasserted the physica
Ecertainty Of his theories and VIOLATED
promises he had made. So they ar
j rested him and sentenced him to con
/, finement in palace for twenty days
!, Come English writer's and American
lcopyists have con5ured up disma
I. visions OF dreary dungeons and tor
i ture, and violent punishment but. a
II Won Gsbler, the latest German his
torian of Galileo's life, has fully PROV
\ ed sini Ill this there islnot single par
!. ticie OF truth. According to the lega
u procedure of those times he was sen
!. fenced t. imprisonment. The apart
j ments In which he was confined wer
u ''1arge, light and cheerful rooms; Of
j one sideIyou enjoy tt,e prospect of tn
/ Majestic 1Dme Of st.lPeter'sran on tn
\ other 4of the beautiful gardens OF TIL
! Vatican, (von Gebler, page 21o)
/ s From, 4he vaticansshe was transfer
! red to no Villa MAdicis which, nn
d slrivaled Id Its position and crownin
n ths pincian gard ems. .sNtas the scentersso q
!. fashion ii those days. and isSs d: tn
! slprssstt day one ofths loyelieat villa
i lid the Eternal city, From here. i
want to- me city Of siens ana becam
@t-S l-.f
i 1.-The guest OF the bish6p Df that go
! -Aftsrs y pleasant stay here he returns
.Ito his own home, near' Florence. Sue
,lwas mo much talksd a mprisonmen
Z Iof oailiso. Until tho day of his deaf
II he cohtinued to enjoy; The pensio
y which ysars before hsd been nunif,
! Gently assigned him ~ ne soyereig
J pontih. Pope Urban. y the thor
/ sandth tins It has bssn epeated, ites
I 1ated ana reiterateds thpt aftsr hi, ccn
Il destination. or as ouf own. dsar q
.lTeisgranl has it, as.hs eisns out sfroi
4 the hall ana 3looksd 81 the suns i
d =, IN ~ ~ di