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geration and misstatement about his trial
and punishment, and for a long time there
was a great deal of bitterness shown on both
sides. But the general verdict of the present
day seems to be that, although Galileo him-
self was treated with consideration, the hos-
tility of the Church to the views of Coper-
nicus placed it in opposition also to the
true Keplerian system, and this led to un-
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