contained copper, and also samples of copper ore that LITTLE 

 contained gold, and from this he argued that these JOURNEYS 

 metals were transmutable, and really in the act of 

 transmutation when the process was interfered with 

 by the miner's pick. 



He had transformed a liquid into a mass of solid crys- 

 tals instantly, and all of the changes possible in light, 

 which he had discovered, had enlarged his faith to a 

 point where he declared, "Nothing is impossible." 

 Qlt is somewhat curious that Newton, who had no 

 soft sex-sentiment in his nature, quite unlike Galileo, 

 still believed in alchemy and astrology, while Galileo's 

 cold intellect at once perceived the fallacy of these 

 things. Galileo also saw at once that for the sun to stand 

 still at Joshua's command, would really mean that the 

 Earth must cease her motion, since the object desired 

 was to prolong the day. Sir Isaac Newton, who dis- 

 covered the Law of Gravitation, yet believed that at 

 the command of a barbaric chieftain, this Law was ar- 

 rested, and all planetary attraction was made to cease 

 while he fought the Philistines for the possession of 

 pasture land to which he had no title. 

 Galileo did not know as much as Newton about plan- 

 etary attraction, but very early in his career he per- 

 ceived that the Bible was not a book that could be 

 technically relied upon. 



With Newton the Bible presented no difficulties. He 

 regularly attended church and took part in the ritual. 

 Religion was one thing and his daily work another. He 

 kept his religion as completely separate from his life as 



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