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scientist, who is known among the greatest scientists of today, faces tremendous opposition
and blame among academic philosophers and professors. Blamed for exploiting blasphemy
and daring to speak what seems to conflict with the Holy Bible. Not having a chance to fully
explain enraged minds he writes a letter that clearly explains and justifies how such exposure
to science may instill more questions and bring people closer to the truth. It reflects his
relentless spirit to encourage more questions, exploration, investigation to see how truth
This article shows a scientist’s ambition and immense honesty towards himself. It is a
fight for freedom when he still stands despite great opposition, just to help push the human
race forward. He had a choice to remain to his common dignity and renounce his study, but to
him freedom was to be able to explore without boundaries, without mere physical notions. He
chose to fight against this barrier, to show how it brings more questions about a man’s
surrounding, risking his name for science. This is freedom thought and speech, where one can
have ambitions he wants to pursue. Even though if people blame him for blasphemy (5th
paragraph, pg. 40, Europe in an age of Conflict), he had never renounced his faith, in fact
retained his belief and proved what more the Holy Word could mean (2nd paragraph, pg. 41,
He finally proves that such discussions should be best resolved from sense-
experiences and the necessary demonstration, not from mere holy scriptures because they
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may have a different intrinsic meaning (last paragraph, pg. 41, Europe in an age of Conflict).
Such insight has enabled man to think beyond this illusory boundary and help push science
This article explains freedom from a more social issue, on contrary to the troubles a
wife faces from a dishonest husband. It is a poetry that evokes much resentment towards
marriages that originate from wishful eternal pleasure, those which perhaps, lead to an
unhappy marriage. The poet compares a situation from a married lady to that of a single,
independent lady, as how they get along with life with or without certain blessings. There is
certainly much weightage given to a lifestyle where a lady is independent and earning on her
The poet wants to convey that being led to a marriage is deceptive and an unsafe path
for an unwary lady. She pleads out to other women to learn from each other’s dismay of their
life (2nd stanza, pg. 30, Europe in an age of Conflict). There will be temptations of money and
“honeyd tongue” (chapter 4, pg. 30, Europe in an age of conflict), but all should be cautious
and wary for such men. The best way is to begin with a life where she could take care of
lifestyle where a lady may do what she wishes, such is a freedom sought after so she may do
what she wishes (3rd stanza, pg. 30, Europe in an age of conflict).
The poem indirectly expresses an ideal life where a woman is happily married and has
the right to be treated with equal respect. Not to face and eternally suffer the moods and
whims of a man’s freedom and mastery over her. It is a rebel that brings out, to bring a new
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trend where no woman is limited to such trouble. This freedom is about having an equal
References
Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand duchess Christina. Europe in an age of Conflict and
Expansion, pg 39.
Anna Bijns, Stay Single Be Happy. Europe in an age of Conflict and Expansion, pg 29.