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history, permit me to add to the titles
enumerated that, of "ex-professor Of
history at Cornell
The way the church prosecuted Co
pernfcus and Calico, was by making
one Canon of Koenigsberg. and pen
sioning the other during life. 1t also
taught the earth's movement a CEN
fury earlier, and used its utmost en-
deavors to place Kepler in the Uni
versity Of Bologna. When he fed from
persecution, he found refuge with
the Jesuits Of Grantz and Ingoldstadt.
The enemies Of Calico were the scien-
lists Of his own time, and Copernicus
tells us he feared the ridicule of the
same gentry, dedicated his work to
Pope Paul the Ord, and published it at
the earnest solicitation of cardinal
and a bishop. Science has not yet
passed It's ultimate judgment on the
Copernican system.
The superficial talk about witch.
craft will deceive no one who has
studied the subject as treated by such
authors as Brownson, Gmeiner, Hys-
lop, Funk, Crookes and others.
There is Bible chronology, be-
cause the gentleman has Bible in
which "the dates are at the top Of the
pages. ;" Credat> Judeaus Apella! Is
the gentleman ignorant Of the fact
that this is merely the chronology Of
Usher, one of those who deduced a
chronology from the Bible? His Bible
also has chapter and numbered verse.
Does he know that the original has
not and that this is merely modern
convenience? AS to persecution and
bloodshed: man has possessed a PEN
chant for these, whatever his belief,
no matter how much they contradict
ed the teaching of Christianity.
How "non-sectarian" the schools Of
Ferrer we're can be seen by the in
terested, from the text books in use
in these schools. The gentleman
says: 'I-think I am free to hunt
for it (the truth) wherever 1t is to be
found" Certainly. Even II 1t be In
the pages Of Christian writer. Fin
ally he says:
''Let us all-respect each others
opinions"
Ny logic master in my youth taught
me to carefully distinguish between
error, and him who holds the error.
Error as such has no rights whatever
as against truth. Hence. while | re-
gard hts opinions with utter contempt
and adherence, and could not toler-
ate them unless did,-if occasion pre-
scented. ! would do him q favor as
quickly and as freely as II he were
ultra orthodox. I cannot refrain from
asking him why he did not think OF
this when he was ridiculing Christian
fly, and holding 1t up as contrary to
goth century common sense and rea-
son.
If I have been thus prolix, 1t Is for
two particular reasons, besides the
fact that paragraph may contain so
many fallacies that 1t requires col
umn to let daylight through It.
First. Because I have no intention
Of prolonging the discussion, until the
gentleman acquires at least elemen-
tary knowledge OF Christianity, al
though reserve the right to comment
on any further lucubrations.
Second. Because I had set myself
the task OF proving to the reader how
superficial and unreliable are the
writer's whose mouthings are offered
Iu0Iu Ill LllO udlAS VI oNAOASO, SAAe>e
their science is as silly as that at
present on tap in the daily press. rela-
tive to the fourth dimension. In his
brilliant satire, "In Satan's Realm"
Edgar c. Blum takes them of with
the faithfulness OF kodak, where he
puts In the mouth OF Satan, these
words: "The longer he Eliminates up
on the subject, the more firmly settled
becomes his convictions, until self
worship takes its proper place in the
foreground of his religion. For time
these Impressions are cherished OF
man as class, until unfortunately he
discovers some defect in his fellow
men and realizes that, in order to
avoid the danger Of blasphemy, he
must restrict his alteration to him
self" -Senex.
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