[70] _Humboldt_, _Cosmos_, London, 1851, vol. iii., p. 21. Also, _Lange_, _Geschichte des Materialismus_, vol. i., p. 222, where the letters of Descartes are given, showing his despair, and the giving up of his best thoughts and works to preserve peace with the Church. Also, _Saisset_, _Descartes et ses précurseurs_, pp. 100, _et seq._ Also, _Jolly_, _Hist, du Mouvement Intellectuel au XVI^e Siècle_, vol. i., p. 390 [71] _Libri_, pp. 149, _et seq._ [72] Fromundus, speaking of Kepler's explanation, says: "Vix teneo ebullientem risum." It is almost equal to the _New York Church Journal_, speaking of John Stuart Mill as "that small sciolist," and of the preface to Dr. Draper's recent work as "chippering." How a journal generally so fair in its treatment of such subjects can condescend to use such weapons, is one of the wonders of modern journalism. For Protestant persecution of Kepler, see vol. i., p. 392. Among other things, Kepler's mother was declared a witch, and this was followed by a reminder of the Scriptural injunction, "Ye shall not suffer a witch to live." [73] For Cassini's position, see _Henri Martin_, _Hist. de France_, vol. xiii., p. 175. [74] _Daunou_, _Études Historiques_, vol. ii., p. 439. [75] Bossuet, see _Bertrand_, p. 41. [76] For Hutchinson, see _Lyell_, _Principles of Geology_, Introduction. [77] Boscovich. This was in 1746, but in 1785 Boscovich seemed to feel his position in view of history, and apologized abjectly. _Bertrand_, pp. 60, 61. See also Whewell's notice of Le Sueur and Jacquier's introduction to their edition of _Newton's Principia_. For a clear statement of Bradley's exquisite demonstration of the Copernican theory by reasonings upon the rapidity of light, etc., and Foucault's exhibition of the rotation of the earth by the pendulum experiment, see _Hoefer_, _Hist. de l'Astronomie_, pp. 492, _et seq._ For the most recent proofs of the Copernican theory, by discoveries of Bunsen, Bischoff, Benzenburg, and others, see _Jevons_, _Principles of Science_. [78] See note in introduction to _Lyell's Principles of Geology_; also, _Buckle, Hist. of Civ. in England_, vol. i., chap. i.