I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.

See now the power of truth.

Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.

But let us remember that we are dealing with infinities and indivisibles both of which transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness.

Their vain presumption of knowing all can take beginning solely from their never having known anything; for if one has but once experienced the perfect knowledge of one thing, and truly tasted what it is to know, he shall perceive that of infinite other conclusions he understands not so much as one.

I therefore concluded, and decided unhesitatingly, that there are three stars in the heavens moving about Jupiter, as Venus and Mercury about the Sun; which at length was established as clear as daylight by numerous other observations.

To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.