GALILEO. 



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inarkable above all things for that uncompromising love of truth which 

 often manifested itself in direct, and sometimes rash and injudicious, 

 attacks upon the cherished doctrines and established beliefs of his age. 

 Galileo's house at Arcetri, called "il Giojello" (the Jewel), still 

 stands, about a mile to the south-east of Florence, and it has been pre- 

 served in as nearly as possible the same condition as at the day of his 

 death. 



Sacred be 



His villa justly was it called the Jewel ; 

 Sacred the lawn where many a cypress threw 

 Its length of shadow, while he watched the stars ! 



FIG. 50. GALILEO'S VILLA. 



