Perhaps, I can express more fully in verse ideas and emotions which run counter to the inert crystallized opinion - hard as a rock - which the vast body of men have vested interests in supporting. If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. (Thomas Hardy)

Perhaps, I can express more fully in verse ideas and emotions which run counter to the inert crystallized opinion - hard as a rock - which the vast body of men have vested interests in supporting. If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

Thomas Hardy

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