“But why should you be right and all those fellows like St. Anselm and St. Augustine be wrong?”
“You mean that they were very clever and learned men, while you have grave doubts whether I am either?” asked Weeks.
“Yes,” answered Philip uncertainly, for put in that way his question seemed impertinent.
“St. Augustine believed that the earth was flat and that the sun turned round it.”
“I don’t know what that proves.”