1. Was the philosopher who refused to look through Galileo´s telescope more culpable than those who alleged that the spiral nebulae observed with Lord Rosse´s great telescope in the eighteen-forties were scratches left by the grinder?
    某位哲学家曾拒绝使用伽利略的望远镜去观察天空；到了19世纪40年代，有人硬把罗斯勋爵高倍望远镜观测到的螺旋状星云说成是磨镜工留下的磨痕。难道反对伽利略的哲学家比诋毁罗斯勋爵造谣者应受到更大的谴责吗？

2. The spiral nebulae were scratches left by the grinder.
    螺旋状的"星云"是研磨者所留下的痕迹.

3. Or the honest-but-framed cowboy, or the sheriff made suspect by vicious gossip;
    诚实却遭陷害的牛仔或因流言蜚语蒙受嫌疑的司法官。

4. A victim of vicious calumnies
    恶毒诬蔑的受害者.

5. I won´t listen to such vicious remarks.
    我不想听这种恶毒的话。

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