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Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.

Isaac Newton

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.
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Assure Lord Provide Scripture Secure
We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
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Admit Appearance Cause Explanation Nature Sufficient
No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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Religion Science
A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.
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Air Atmosphere High Reach Water Weight
To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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Arrive Contemplation Requirement Simplicity Truth
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
Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
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Atheist ManKindness Professor Sense
It seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles.
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Beginning God Particle Science
Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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Assign Cause Effect Natural Possible
If I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything.
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Business Deep Inspirational People Stay Tool
We are not to consider the world as the body of God: he is an uniform being, void of organs, members, or parts; and they are his creatures, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.
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Body Consider Creature God Member Organ
Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
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Law Man Philosophy
Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.
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Infinite Matter Possible Science
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
Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.
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Kindness Nonsense One Liner Poetry
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
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Beach Children Discover Inspirational Lie Myself Ocean Play Truth

Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.

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Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.

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