Read the following & answer the question with sincere heart and unpretended faith i abjure, curse, and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies [of copernicus] and also every other error. . contrary to the holy church, and i swear that in the future i will neveragain say or assert . . anything that might cause a similar suspicion toward me. galileo galilei, quoted in the discoverers according to the quote on the right galileo promises

never say anything against the Catholic Church ever again.

Explanation:

Galileo Galilei  was an Italian astronomer who built the first telescope and discovered the moons of Jupiter. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the catholic church punished scientists because they did not want people questioning its teachings. Since Galilei was the first person to say the Earth rotates around the sun, he was placed on trial. In fact, the catholic church was going to kill him, so he was forced to confess to heresy and promised not to say anything against the Catholic Church again. Finally, he was sentenced to house arrest.

i’m writing a memoir and i’ve been given the great suggestion of placing a ‘sub-narrative’ within some of the chapters – sort of, what was going on with me in the grand scheme of things.

i was wondering how to format this so that it is very obvious we are stepping out the of story.

firstly is a change in font from serif to sans workable? i also use dashes for a scene change. was thinking of using a different scene-changer too.

here’s a (shortened) example:

university – or what’s known as ‘uni’ in australia – were some of the best days of my life. where else do you get to potter around in a great location, have very little responsibility, learn lots of things, do lots of things and walk out four years later with a bonus – a degree!

with my university years i had immersed myself into community of intelligent ambitious people. generally everyone had a confidence about themselves. they knew where they were going in life and weren’t threatened by others.

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(sorry couldn’t show the fonts in this comment field)

too much?

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,