The Book Of Nature Is Written In

I Believe That The Intention Of Holy Writ Was To Persuade Men Of The Truths Necessary To Salvation; Such As Neither Science Nor Other Means Could Render Credible, But Only The Voice Of The Holy Spirit.

I Do Not Feel Obliged To Believe That The Same God Who Has Endowed Us With Senses, Reason, And Intellect Has Intended Us To Forego Their Use.

The Laws Of Nature Are Written By The Hand Of God In The Language Of Mathematics.

But What Exceeds All Wonders, I Have Discovered Four New Planets And Observed Their Proper And Particular Motions, Different Among Themselves And From The Motions Of All The Other Stars; And These New Planets Move About Another Very Large Star [jupiter] Like Venus And Mercury, And Perchance The Other Known Planets, Move About The Sun. As Soon As This Tract, Which I Shall Send To All The Philosophers And Mathematicians As An Announcement, Is Finished, I Shall Send A Copy To The Most Serene Grand Duke, Together With An Excellent Spyglass, So That He Can Verify All These Truths.

They Know That It Is Human Nature To Take Up Causes Whereby A Man May Oppress His Neighbor, No Matter How Unjustly. ... Hence They Have Had No Trouble In Finding Men Who Would Preach The Damnability And Heresy Of The New Doctrine From The Very Pulpit.