LITTLE He was warned to leave Rome his life was in danger* 

 JOURNEYS (JHe fled to Geneva, the home of Calvin. 



Here he thought, surely, he could speak and write as 

 he chose. 



But alas ! Protestantism cared even less about Science 

 than did the monks, and "heresy" to John Calvin was 

 quite as serious a matter as it was to Calvin's com- 

 petitor, the Pope of Rome. 



The Protestants of Geneva gave Bruno scant atten- 

 tion they had never heard of Copernicus, and the 

 movements of the stars were as nothing to them, since 

 the world was soon to come to an end. The learned 

 men were even then making mathematical calculations, 

 based on the prophecies of the Old Testament as to 

 how soon the general destruction would take place. 

 C{ Bruno sought to argue them out of their childish- 

 ness, with the result that he got himself marked as an 

 infidel and a dangerous man. 



From Geneva he went to Lyons, then to Paris, where 

 his personality made itself felt and he was given a 

 hearing at the University. Here he remained for sev- 

 eral years, when he went to England, arriving there 

 in 1584, the same year that a rustic by the name of 

 William Shakespeare, from Stratford, reached Lon- 

 don. Whether they ever met is doubtful. 

 Bruno spoke five languages and his polite accomplish- 

 ments afforded him an immediate entry into the best 

 circles of society. He was entertained at the home of 

 Sir Philip Sidney, and afterward carried on quite a 

 correspondence with this prince of gentlemen. Gre- 

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