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A man does not attain the status of galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right.
-Stephen Jay Gould
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Stephen Jay Gould
A man does not attain the status of galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right.
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It is in the name of moses that bellarmin thunderstrikes galileo; and this great vulgarizer of the great seeker copernicus, galileo, the old man of truth, the magian of the heavens, was reduced to repeating on his knees word for word after the inquisitor this formula of shame: "corde sincera et fide non ficta abjuro maledico et detestor supradictos errores et hereses." falsehood put an ass's hood on science.
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The anti-vivisector does not deny that physiologists must make experiments and even take chances with new methods. he says that they must not seek knowledge by criminal methods, just as they must not make money by criminal methods. he does not object to galileo dropping cannon balls from the top of the leaning tower of pisa; but he would object to shoving off two dogs or american tourists.
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