BUT IT STILL MOVES

In 1632, Galileo published his Dialogue on Two Chief World Systems which supported the Copernican theory that the sun was the center of the Universe and the Earth moved around it.  The book caught the attention of the Inquisition which summoned Galileo to Rome for trial.  Under threat of torture, Galileo was forced to recant and was put under house arrest for the rest of his life.  According to one version of the story, as Galileo arose from his knees, he muttered:  “But still it moves.”

                –  maroon 20