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8Y JACK DIONNE
Michelangelo set the world on fire with his paint brush. Kepler was educating the human race. Those were the days of the Spanish Armada, the execution of Marie Stuart, the Edict of Nantes, the Massacre of Bartholomew. Did Shakespeare ever take notice of any of these people or events? Not one word. FiguT ,nla out, you scholars.
The era of Copernicus immediately preceded that of Shakespeare. Until Copernicus came along, the earth was the center of the universe, and all the stars were just company, scenery, or window dressing for this tiny earth of ours.
But Copernicus taught us that the earth is only a grain of sand on the infinite shore of the universe; that everywhere we are surrounded by shining worlds, most of them far greater in size and importance than our own; all moving in accordance with Law. Copernicus put this earth in its place, taught us of its relative size and importance, and how it moves and revolves. He made the world small: but he made God big.
What a play, what " aJ"-"*SrrJo"ro""." could have writ-
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