LITTLE }55g^^^5 MID the eneral popping of theological 

 JOURNEYS V^AX@7 small-arms, Galileo moved steadily for- 

 ward. If he had many enemies he surely 

 had a few friends. As he once had proved 

 more than Pisa could digest, so now he 

 was bringing to the surface of things more 

 truth than Padua could assimilate. Venice too was get- 

 ting uncomfortable. Even the Doge once said, in reply 

 to an enthusiastic admirer of Galileo, " Your master is 

 not famous he is merely notorious." 

 It was discovered that Galileo had been living with a 

 woman by the name of Marina Gamba, at Venice, 

 even while he held the professorship at Padua ; and 

 that they had a son, Vincenzo Gamba, & two daughters. 

 One of the enemy drew a map of the heavens, show- 

 ing Galileo as the sun, Marina Gamba as the moon, 

 and around them circulated numerous little satellites, 

 which were supposed to be their children. The picture 

 had so great a vogue that the Doge issued an order 

 that all copies of it be destroyed. 



Of Marina Gamba we know very little; but the fact 

 that she made entries in Galileo's journal and kept 

 his accounts, proves that she was a person of con- 

 siderable intelligence; and this was at a time when 

 semi-oriental ideas prevailed and education was sup- 

 posedly beyond the feminine grasp. 

 Galileo did not marry for the reason that he was prac- 

 tically a priest a teacher in a religious school, living 

 with and looking after the pupils and the custom was 

 that one engaged in such an occupation should not wed. 

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