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Long-Lost Letter from Galileo Discovered
Long-Lost Letter from Galileo Reveals Devastating New Details About His Battle with the Church's Dogmatic Beliefs:
"The letter, believed to be written by the hand of the scientific giant Galileo Galilei, offers a window into his vexed battle with the Catholic Church, which eventually sentenced him to life-long house arrest for promoting the heresy that the Earth revolved around the Sun"
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/long-lost-letter-galileo-reveals-devastating-new-details-about-his-battle-churchs
