[86]AsapendanttothisejaculationofKeplermaybecitedthewordsofLinnaeus：“Deumominpotentematergotranseuntemvidietobstupui。”

　　NothingismoreunjustthantocastespecialblameforallthisresistancetoscienceupontheRomanChurch。TheProtestantChurch，thoughrarelyabletobesosevere，hasbeenmoreblameworthy。ThepersecutionofGalileoandhiscompeersbytheolderChurchwasmainlyatthebeginningoftheseventeenthcentury；thepersecutionofRobertsonSmith，andWinchell，andWoodrow，andToy，andtheyoungprofessorsatBeyrout，byvariousProtestantauthorities，wasneartheendofthenineteenthcentury。ThoseearlierpersecutionsbyCatholicismwerestrictlyinaccordancewithprinciplesheldatthattimebyallreligionists，CatholicandProtestant，throughouttheworld；

　　theselaterpersecutionsbyProtestantswereindefianceofprincipleswhichallProtestantsto-dayholdorpretendtohold，andnonemakelouderclaimtoholdthemthantheverysectswhichpersecutedtheseeminentChristianmenofourday，menwhosecrimewasthattheywereintelligentenoughtoacceptthescienceoftheirtime，andhonestenoughtoacknowledgeit。

　　Mostunjustly，then，wouldProtestantismtauntCatholicismforexcludingknowledgeofastronomicaltruthsfromEuropeanCatholicuniversitiesintheseventeenthandeighteenthcenturies，whilerealknowledgeofgeologicalandbiologicalandanthropologicaltruthisdeniedorpitifullydilutedinsomanyAmericanProtestantcollegesanduniversitiesinthenineteenthcentury。

　　NorhasProtestantismtherighttopointwithscorntotheCatholicIndex，andtolaystressonthefactthatnearlyeveryreallyimportantbookinthelastthreecenturieshasbeenforbiddenbyit，solongasyoungmeninsomanyAmericanProtestantuniversitiesandcollegesarenursedwith“ecclesiasticalpap“ratherthanwithrealthought，anddirectedtotheworksof“solemnlyconstitutedimpostors。”ortosundry“approvedcoursesofreading。”whiletheyarestudiouslykeptalooffromsuchleadersinmodernthoughtasDarwin，Spencer，Huxley，Draper，andLecky。

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