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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.

Isaac Newton

If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
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Defective Difficult Experiment Invalid Objection Prove Show Theory
If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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Believe Business Positive Result Success Thinking
Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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Distinct Divine Introduce Opinion Philosophy Religion
Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.
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Attraction Distance Force Gravity Particle Proportional Science
No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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Religion Science
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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False Human Nature Imagination Man Understand
A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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Action Body Force Motion Science
God’ is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and ‘Deity’ is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as those imagine who fancy God to be the soul of the world, but over servants.
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Body God Imagination Relative Respect Servant World
I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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Myself Philosophy Slave
I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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Accomplishment Celibacy Consider Greatness Life
An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
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Motion Object Science Stay
I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
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Assign Cause Explanation Force Gravity Heaven Sea
My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.
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Attempt Defeat Error Establishment Method Purpose Truth Wheat
The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
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Description Geometry Mathematics Requirement Teaching
The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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Heat Shine Vapor
Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
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Atheist ManKindness Professor Sense

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