Sunday, 18 October 2020

Quote of the Week - VII



O mortal men,
Arise! And, casting off your earthly cares,
Learn ye the potency of heaven-born mind,
Its thought and life far from the herd withdrawn!

~ Edmund Halley, in the preface to Newton's Principia

(Previous post in the series.) 

 


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