ville presented Bruno to Queen Elizabeth, who invited LITTLE 

 him to lecture at the Court on his favorite theme. This JOURNEYS 

 he did, and it is quite probable that the noble lords and 

 ladies left " calls' so they could be awakened when 

 the lecture was over and congratulate the speaker of 

 the evening on his effort. 



At Oxford there were disputations where Bruno's fault- 

 less Latin impressed the pedants much more than did 

 his argument, so they offered him a position as Pro- 

 fessor of Languages, but this he smilingly declined, 

 excusing himself on the grounds that he had important 

 business on the Continent and he had. Already they 

 were collecting fagots for his benefit. 

 He returned to Paris and began his lecturing on Sci- 

 ence. His arguments had convinced one person, at 

 least, and that was himself, that as the Church knew 

 nothing of physical Science, why, possibly it stood in 

 a like position regarding spiritual truth. That is to say, 

 the so-called " sacred truths " were mere assumptions 

 piled up to satisfy the people, and the ignorance and 

 superstition of the many marked high water for the 

 teaching of the priests. The business of the Church 

 "was to satisfy the people, and not enlighten them, for 

 if the people became enlightened enough they would 

 see that they did not need the Church, and then where 

 were the honors and the riches and the red hats ! 

 Bruno cleared his mind of its cobwebs by expression, 

 just as we all do that is what expression is for. 

 The people really dictate to the priests what they 

 shall teach; moreover, the people absolutely refuse to 



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