[86]AsapendanttothisejaculationofKeplermaybecitedthewordsofLinnaeus：“Deumominpotentematergotranseuntemvidietobstupui。”
NothingismoreunjustthantocastespecialblameforallthisresistancetoscienceupontheRomanChurch。TheProtestantChurch，thoughrarelyabletobesosevere，hasbeenmoreblameworthy。ThepersecutionofGalileoandhiscompeersbytheolderChurchwasmainlyatthebeginningoftheseventeenthcentury；thepersecutionofRobertsonSmith，andWinchell，andWoodrow，andToy，andtheyoungprofessorsatBeyrout，byvariousProtestantauthorities，wasneartheendofthenineteenthcentury。ThoseearlierpersecutionsbyCatholicismwerestrictlyinaccordancewithprinciplesheldatthattimebyallreligionists，CatholicandProtestant，throughouttheworld；
theselaterpersecutionsbyProtestantswereindefianceofprincipleswhichallProtestantsto-dayholdorpretendtohold，andnonemakelouderclaimtoholdthemthantheverysectswhichpersecutedtheseeminentChristianmenofourday，menwhosecrimewasthattheywereintelligentenoughtoacceptthescienceoftheirtime，andhonestenoughtoacknowledgeit。
Mostunjustly，then，wouldProtestantismtauntCatholicismforexcludingknowledgeofastronomicaltruthsfromEuropeanCatholicuniversitiesintheseventeenthandeighteenthcenturies，whilerealknowledgeofgeologicalandbiologicalandanthropologicaltruthisdeniedorpitifullydilutedinsomanyAmericanProtestantcollegesanduniversitiesinthenineteenthcentury。
NorhasProtestantismtherighttopointwithscorntotheCatholicIndex，andtolaystressonthefactthatnearlyeveryreallyimportantbookinthelastthreecenturieshasbeenforbiddenbyit，solongasyoungmeninsomanyAmericanProtestantuniversitiesandcollegesarenursedwith“ecclesiasticalpap“ratherthanwithrealthought，anddirectedtotheworksof“solemnlyconstitutedimpostors。”ortosundry“approvedcoursesofreading。”whiletheyarestudiouslykeptalooffromsuchleadersinmodernthoughtasDarwin，Spencer，Huxley，Draper，andLecky。