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...human mind, — and yet he declared a little before his death, "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 pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,...

...I do not know," said the illustrious Newton, a short time before his death, " 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...

...to have said, a little before he expired, — " 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 by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than...

...time before his death, he uttered this memorable sentiment : — " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like aboy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a...

...short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment: ' 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,...

...a sentence in the spirit of Shakspeare, : — " 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 himself in now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettyer shell, than...

...by which he governs them. Shortly before his death, he said : " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only...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...

...end yet he dodared, a lii tie before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, bul to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then ñnding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth...