...knowledge. Such were the feelings of Newton, when he exclaimed, " 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 muoothcr pebble, or a prettier shell than...

...Newton's master mind, as this memorial of his matchless modesty : ' I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy pl.iying on the sea-shore and diverting myself, in now and then findmg a smoother pebble or a prettier...

...uttered thu memorable senti. rncnt : — " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to mysel' 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...

...recondita ponti : " " I know not," remarked 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 shell than ordinary, whilst the...

...he is reported to have uttered a short time previous to his death. " I know not 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...

...archangel's eye. A short time before his death, Newton said, — "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,...

...100 7.4 Boxes 26-29 194 Books for Further Study 198 Index. . 201 Preface I know not what I 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. whilst...

...insignificant in the face of Grand Canyon's vastness can appreciate: / 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 now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,...

...w«thinkable. The great Newton himself was not a stranger to this attitude: "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,...

...know what I may appear to the world," Newton told a visitor shortly before his death at eighty-four, "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 prettier shell than ordinary,...