Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Ss
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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 95: July 13, 1933 I defy any student to point to any advancement in art, litera ture, science, religion, or invention that was not ridiculed to start with. When Galileo announced that the earth revolved, what did they do with him They sentenced him to death, and then, thinking it was too bad to kill the poor old fellow on this flat earth, they finally let him go, upon his pledging himself that he would not talk about the earth revolving. But he could not keep the truth back, and he taught it privately. They passed sentence on him to the effect that he must lie down in front of the church so that all could step 011 him as they came out from worshipping God 011 a solid earth that did not move. If it turned around once we would all fly off it, according to the idea then. After the last one had stepped on Galileo he got up and said, Well, it goes round just the same. My friend said: The Saviour Himself was crucified, and I want you to know, Mr. Grant, that majorities to start with always go wrong. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.