Note 29 — CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA. (continued 2)
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It has been said, but upon what authority we cannot find, that when Galileo rose from his knees, he stamped on the ground, and said in a whisper to one of his friends, "E pur si muove." "It does move, though."—Life of Galileo, Lib. Use. Knowledge, part II. p. 63.