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megatherium Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 06:54 PM
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23. from the Yevgeny Yevtushenko poem "Career":
The clergy maintained that Galileo
Was a wicked and a senseless man.
Galileo was senseless.
But as time demonstrated,
He who is senseless is much wiser.
A fellow scientist of Galileo's age
Was no less wise than Galileo.
He knew the Earth revolved,
But - he had a family.
And he, stepping into a carriage with his wife,
Having accomplished his betrayal,
Considered himself advancing his career,
Whereas he undermined it.
For his assertion of our planet,
Galileo faced the risk alone
And became truly great.
Now this
To my mind, this is a true careerist!
Thus - salute to the career!


This was set to music by Shostakovich in his symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar."
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