the little cemetery of St. Croce, the grave unmarked. 

 Q So the last few years of Galileo's life were years of 

 comparative peace and quiet. He needed but little and 

 this little his few faithful, loving friends supplied. His 

 death came painlessly and his last moments were sus- 

 tained by the faith that he would soon be free from the 

 trammels of the flesh and visit some of the worlds his 

 telescope had brought so near. 



Galileo was born the day that Michael Angelo died ; 

 the year of his death was the year that Sir Isaac 

 Newton, discoverer of the law of gravity, was born. 



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