• But some, besides allegiance to their original error, possess I know not what fanciful interest in remaining hostile not so much toward the things in question as toward their discoverer.

    Galileo Galilei: But some, besides allegiance to their original error, possess I know not what fanciful interest in remaining hostile not so much toward the things in question as toward their discoverer.
    "Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany, 1615". sourcebooks.fordham.edu.