 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 Work ... - Side 198af Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | David Warren Cohen, James M. Henle - 2005 - 1014 sider
...much the better half. — Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz / 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 m\self in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great... | |
 | H.E. Gruber, Katja Bödeker - 2005 - 564 sider
...Newton's own remark, and its likeness to Blake's lines: 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 now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | C. Val Buxton - 2006 - 170 sider
...amount of scientific knowledge, made the statement: / do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great -104TRUTH AND TRUST ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.118 And if Newton envisaged an ocean... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1879 - 451 sider
...Agassiz. } " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only hke 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 truth lay all undiscovered before me."—llrewster's'Lite... | |
 | Ioan James - 2005 - 224 sider
...what I may appear to the world. But to myself I seem to have been only a boy, playing on the sea shore and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.' Newton died on 20... | |
 | Jason Allen Snart - 2006 - 226 sider
...reported to have said to his nephew, Benjamin Smith: "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 now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | Susan Bassnett, Peter Bush - 2006 - 248 sider
...lurking in each new one; when translating, I am constantly reminded of Newton's simile of himself: '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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...K. Satchidanandan, (How to go to the Tao Temple) I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...seashore and diverting myself in now and then finding a smooth pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
 | Theo Koupelis, Karl F. Kuhn - 2007 - 675 sider
...Moon's orbit Earth's orbit Orbit of center of mass / do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then ftnding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 2007 - 525 sider
...Brewster's (17811868) The Life of Sir Isaac Newton: "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 by now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean... | |
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