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Isaac Newton1643–1727

I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait ‘till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light.

Isaac Newton on science

Reply upon being asked how he made his discoveries, as quoted in “Biographia Britannica: Or the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who Have Flourished in Great Britain from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Times, Volume 5 “, by W. Innys (1760)

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If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Letter to Robert Hooke (15 February 1676) [dated as 5 February 1675 using the Julian calendar with March 25th rather than January 1st as New Years Day, equivalent to 15 February 1676 by Gregorian reckonings.] A facsimile of the original is online at
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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.
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