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The cosmic revolution which is associated with the names of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo was slow in producing its effects. Milton's friends, the Smectymnians, in answer to Bishop Hall's Humble Remonstrance , "had cited the Copernican doctrine as an unquestionable instance of a supreme absurdity."
At the parish meetings, and at the audit of each year’s accounts Vicar Young presided, with some exceptions, from the year 1629 to 1655, and his autograph is attached to each page.’ As an author, Dr. Young had distinguished himself before he appeared as one of the Smectymnians.
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