Any effort to contradict tills proclamation,
nmniiAtlnir Irom thn I'anal Council, was ex-
ungou uy lire, ucionoo vainiy'sougut uy
ihpnrotloal demonstration to nrove the fa
lacy of this Papal Idea, not with a view of
undorralnlng the established church, but to
enlighten tho minds of men. This exenao
was insufficient: sclontlflo pampblots, propagating
any other theory of the worlds shapo,
were used as kindling to light tho fires arou nd
tho stake of their heretical author?, and the
Papal authority that tho world was flat remained
an unrofuted, if not uncontradicted
tenet until August 10, 1510,wben Magellan.tbe
confident navigator, left the harbor of Bwlllo,
1limnvnrncl and Sidled throUKh the Strait
which bears his name and after a voyage of
three years, cironinnavigaicu iuu iiiuuo. au
1622, science again raised lta head, for the
rotundity of our earth was at length
llnlinl havnnri nerailvnnture.
wa inhabit a round world then that fact Is
no longer questioned and soienoe grown confident
by success renews IU doubts and
Queries bnt was It all mado la novou days?
What s trlfo this question has engendered I
To doubt was to repudiate Gonosls and fire,
the euro of heresy, was again appllod. Bnt
fire has failed to repel skepticism and to
this day thechuroh and phllosopers bold hot
oontrovorsy concerning the origin of our
world, Its growth and .progress around an
angry sun.
