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THE EVIL OF DOGMA. 



planets traversing the circumferences of circles : they were 

 mistaken. It is true this equality exists ; only, not where they 

 supposed. If they had sought it in the surfaces described by 

 the vector radii, they would have anticipated Kepler's dis- 

 covery of the laws which govern our world. 



But their astronomical dogmas prevented them from seeing 

 the path which led to this great discovery. 



Hence we may conclude that Dogma is an evil thing. 



