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Thanks for sharing this.What a lovely way to end the week!
John Bowditch
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> Good Afternoon Jonah,
> Yes, I have seen this quote attributed to Sir Isaac. You may be interested to know that a few years ago I saw his final resting place (1727) in Westminster Abbey (Anglican), London. Inscribed on his tomb in Latin is....:
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> H. S. E. ISAACUS NEWTON Eques Auratus, / Qui, animi vi prope divinâ, / Planetarum Motus, Figuras, / Cometarum semitas, Oceanique Aestus. Suâ Mathesi facem praeferente / Primus demonstravit: / Radiorum Lucis dissimilitudines, / Colorumque inde nascentium proprietates, / Quas nemo antea vel suspicatus erat, pervestigavit. / Naturae, Antiquitatis, S. Scripturae, / Sedulus, sagax, fidus Interpres / Dei O. M. Majestatem Philosophiâ asseruit, / Evangelij Simplicitatem Moribus expressit. / Sibi gratulentur Mortales, / Tale tantumque exstitisse / HUMANI GENERIS DECUS. / NAT. XXV DEC. A.D. MDCXLII. OBIIT. XX. MAR. MDCXXVI
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> This can be translated as follows:
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> "Here is buried Isaac Newton, Knight, who by a strength of mind almost divine, and mathematical principles peculiarly his own, explored the course and figures of the planets, the paths of comets, the tides of the sea, the dissimilarities in rays of light, and, what no other scholar has previously imagined, the properties of the colours thus produced. Diligent, sagacious and faithful, in his expositions of nature, antiquity and the holy Scriptures, he vindicated by his philosophy the majesty of God mighty and good, and expressed the simplicity of the Gospel in his manners. Mortals rejoice that there has existed such and so great an ornament of the human race! He was born on 25th December, 1642, and died on 20th March 1726/7."
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> Apparently Sir Isaac didn't have a problem with "divine," "mathematical" "planets," etc..etc.... and "....nature, antiquity, and the holy Scriptures" all being rolled up together in the same paragraph on his tombstone. What an interesting chap, he is now on my "A" list for a celestial dinner party.
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> Interesting fellow Sir Isaac!
> Best Wishes....
> Wesley
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> "God grant me the company of those who seek the truth, and God deliver me
> from those who have found it."
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> A few people asked me who the heck said this. After some searching, one
> person told that it was Isaac Newton. Haven't been able to verify, but there
> you are.
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> Jonah Cohen
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