were no men on board to guide it, and its automatic LITTLE 

 steering apparatus would quite as likely run its nose JOURNEYS 

 into land, as into the hull of the enemy. He also dec- 

 orated his argument with a few subtle touches as to 

 the beauty of fighting battles without going to war and 

 risking life and limb. 



Men who are not kind to the faults of royalty can hope 

 for small favor in a monarchy, even though the mon- 

 archy be a republic. 



Galileo was cut off the Standard Oil payroll, and forced 

 to apply to a teachers' agency, that he might find em- 

 ployment. He did not wait long; the rival University of 

 Padua tendered him a position on a silver platter; and 

 the Paduans made much dole about how unfortunate 

 it was that men could not teach Truth in Italy, save 

 at Padua alas ! 



The Governing Board of Padua made a great stroke in 

 securing Galileo, and Pisa fell back on her Leaning 

 Tower as her chief attraction. 



From a position of mediocrity, the University: of Padua 

 gradually rose to one of world-wide celebrity. Galileo 

 remained at Padua from 1592 to 1610, which years are 

 famous not alone through the wonderful inventions of 

 Galileo, but because in that same interval of tirrfe, at 

 least thirty of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays were 

 written. Surely, God was smiling on the planet Earth! 

 Q Galileo's salary was raised yearly, starting at two 

 hundred florins, until it reached over one thousand 

 florins, not to mention the numerous gifts from grate- 

 ful pupils, old and young. Students came to Padua 



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