I do not know what I may appear to the World ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth... Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works - Page 180by Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Bourn Oliver Peabody - 1849 - 416 pages
...A short time before his death, Newton said, — "I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." And such has been... | |
| William Bourn Oliver Peabody, Oliver William Bourn Peabody - 1849 - 416 pages
...A short time before his death, Newton said, — "I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." And such has been... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...may seem to the world, but aa to myself, I Mem to have been only like a boy playing on the aea-ahora, th bras, But all with silver wrought full cieñe and wcl, Hir girdelee trutb lay all undiscovered before mo.' — Spence'r AnccdoU*, p. A4. Who read« Incessantly, and to... | |
| William Steven - 1849 - 636 pages
...his death he remarked, " I know not what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lies undiscovered before me ;" thus beautifully... | |
| Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 514 pages
...that angelic modesty which marked his character, ' I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in finding now and then a pebble, or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay... | |
| 1849 - 192 pages
...said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself. [ seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself; now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of... | |
| Yurij Baryshev, Pekka Teerikorpi - 2002 - 412 pages
...together, and offered the ground for the study of the universe for two centuries. Newton himself felt that "I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, . . . , whilest the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me". But to many of his predecessors... | |
| Carl Djerassi, David Pinner - 2003 - 194 pages
...must go. NEWTON: In the light of the Almighty's Creation — what ever I may appear to the world — to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell. . . whilst the great ocean of Truth lies undiscovered. . . all before me. . . (NEWTON gazes... | |
| D. Scott Bennett, Allan C. Stam III - 2009 - 302 pages
...changes in the various operational measures. 5 FINDINGS i do not know what i may appear to the world; but to myself i seem to have been only like a boy playing...diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. —isaac... | |
| Kennedy, John Bernard Kennedy - 2003 - 262 pages
...into the foundations of all contemporary physics. 108 Absolute space and absolute time I don't know what I may seem to the world, but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
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