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tainly exists between all true scientific facts and 

 the teachings of the Church. If the latter can- 

 not possibly be brought into harmony with theo- 

 ries that lack all proof and probability, and which 

 in many cases are philosophical absurdities, why 

 blame Christianity? 



To set aside, however, with finality, the old 

 falsehood of a conflict between religion and sci- 

 ence, which many still insist upon by their recom- 

 mendation of such unhistorical and absolutely un- 

 reliable authors as Draper, White, or Haeckel 

 the latter in particular where he touches upon 

 the subject of Christianity it may be well to be- 

 gin by quoting the following list, far from ex- 

 haustive, of some of the greatest modern scien- 

 tists, who were all not merely Christians, but sons 

 of that ancient Church which has come down to 

 us from apostolic days: 



Ampere, electrician, physicist, mathematician; Bedford, 

 founder of University Medical College; Cassini, discoverer of 

 four of Saturn's satellites; Cauchy, inventor of the "Calculus 

 of Residues"; Cavalieri, originator of the "Method of Indivi- 

 sibles"; Colombo, discoverer of pulmonary circulation; Divisch, 

 first to erect the lightning-rod; Eustachius, one of the greatest 

 anatomists; Fallopio, also immortal among anatomists; Fizeau, 

 first to determine velocity of light; Foucault, demonstrator of 

 earth's rotation by pendulum; Fraunhofer, the originator of 

 spectrum analysis; Fresnel, famous for his inventions in optics; 

 Galvani, whose name is identified with electricity; Grimaldi, 

 forerunner of Newton and Huyghens; Gusmao, naturalist and 

 first asronaut; Halloy, Belgian pioneer geologist; Haiiy, father 

 of modern crystallography; Laennec, celebrated pioneer in med- 

 icine; Lamarck, zoologist and natural philosopher; Laplace, 



