. The Open court. ht and religions of the Orient.—The A^czu Unity. Much labor has been put into this book. It will be a great addition to the knowl-edge which English re-ders have of one of the greatest of religious books and religiousleaders.—The Chtirch Unioyj. It is a convenient volume through which to make such acquaintance with theChinese language and Chinese thought as an American scholar must consider desirablein view of the present increased intercourse with the Oriental world.—ReforinedChurch Kevieiu. All that one could do to make the immortal Canon on Reason and Virtue alluringto Ame
. The Open court. ht and religions of the Orient.—The A^czu Unity. Much labor has been put into this book. It will be a great addition to the knowl-edge which English re-ders have of one of the greatest of religious books and religiousleaders.—The Chtirch Unioyj. It is a convenient volume through which to make such acquaintance with theChinese language and Chinese thought as an American scholar must consider desirablein view of the present increased intercourse with the Oriental world.—ReforinedChurch Kevieiu. All that one could do to make the immortal Canon on Reason and Virtue alluringto American readers has certainly been done by the author. The translation is faith-ful, preserving especially the characteristic terseness and ruggedness of style of theoriginal, the type work is superb, the comments judicious, and the binding a brightyellow with blue and gilt and red trimmings.—The Cumberland Presbyterian. THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO., ,.^^^^^s,. London : Kegan Paul, Trench Triibner & GALILEO GALILEL (1564-1642.) From an engraving by Jean Baptiste Vendersypen after a Painting by Fr. Broschi. Frontispiece to the August Open Ci The Open Court A MONTHLY MAGAZINE Devoted to the Science of Religion, the Religion of Science, andthe Extension of the Religious Parliament Idea. VOL. XIV. (NO. 8.) AUGUST, igoo. NO. 531 Copyright by The Open Court Publishing Co., 1900. THE STRUGGLE REGARDING THE POSITIONOF THE EARTH/ BY CARUS STERNE. TT moves, just the same, Galileo is said to have exclaimed,X stamping his foot, after having, before the court of the HolyInquisition on June 22, 1633, abjured faith in the heretical teachingof the movement of the earth around the sun. But the delightfulanecdote belongs, unfortunately, to the great multitude of thosewhich it has latterly become the custom to designate as espritsdescalier {Treppenwitze), the after-thoughts of man or of could have been further from the mtnd of the intimidatedscientist than such a defia
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