| "Eppur si muove (demo version)" | |
| Look inside a telescope, and perceive the motion of things; name the moons of Jupiter, and be puzzled by Saturn's rings; demonstrate the arts of science, show how all your proofs are won. Recant---abjure---detest the fact that the earth goes 'round the sun. But it still moves, it still moves. His books are more dangerous than Calvin and Luther combined---so said the Jesuits---and, therefore, this old man was confined. Renounce---reject---repudiate those obervations of worth: Recant---abjure---detest the thought of any motion of earth. But it still moves, it still moves. Inquisitions are not extinct, and some books are still suppressed---governments, of course, are ever acting only for the best. Rare are the times when you're truly free in action, speech and thought: recant---abjure---detest that truth which opposes what is taught. But it still moves, it still moves. | |