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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.

Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, “By thinking about it all the time.
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Discover Gravity Thinking Time
We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.
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Account God Philosophy Scripture
Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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Body Light Ray Science Shine Susbtance
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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Body Calculate Funny Heaven Madness Motion People
No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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Religion Science
It is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens in the case of magnetic bodies.
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Body Force Happen Magnet Nature Quantity Reason
The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
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Devotion God Spend Time Worship
I do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity of an intelligent.
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Cause Explanation Force Intelligence Natural Universe Wisdom
Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
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Amount Atheist Chance Distance Earth Happen Heat Light Look Receive Solar System Sun
Hypotheses non fingo. I frame no hypotheses.
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Hypothesis
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
No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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Mathematics Men Old
Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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Friendship Prefer Truth
The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
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Agent Alone Cause Impression Intelligence Natural Planet Science Spring
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
The way to chastity is not to struggle directly with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some imployment, or by reading, or meditating on other things.
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Continent Meditation Reading Struggle

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