E Pur Si Muove. "albeit It Does

But Let Us Remember That We Are Dealing With Infinities And Indivisibles Both Of Which Transcend Our Finite Understanding, The Former On Account Of Their Magnitude, The Latter Because Of Their Smallness.

Nothing Physical Which Sense-experience Sets Before Our Eyes, Or Which Necessary Demonstrations Prove To Us, Ought To Be Called In Question (much Less Condemned) Upon The Testimony Of Biblical Passages...

It Was Granted To Me Alone To Discover All The New Phenomena In The Sky And Nothing To Anybody Else. This Is The Truth Which Neither Envy Nor Malice Can Supress.

I Would Beg The Wise And Learned Fathers (of The Church) To Consider With All Diligence The Difference Which Exists Between Matters Of Mere Opinion And Matters Of Demonstration. ... [i]t Is Not In The Power Of Professors Of The Demonstrative Sciences To Alter Their Opinions At Will, So As To Be Now Of One Way Of Thinking And Now Of Another. ... [d]emonstrated Conclusions About Things In Nature Of The Heavens, Do Not Admit Of Being Altered With The Same Ease As Opinions To What Is Permissible Or Not, Under A Contract, Mortgage, Or Bill Of Exchange.

Facts Which At First Seem Improbable Will, Even On Scant Explanation, Drop The Cloak Which Has Hidden Them And Stand Forth In Naked And Simple Beauty.