...Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, " 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 in now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean...

...Newton 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 prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great...

...gathered from another remark which he made toward the close of his life. "I do not know," said he, "what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem...boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in, now and then, finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell, than ordinary; while the great ocean...

...of others ! A little before his death, he said, " 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 seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean...

...all verv good. Sir Isaac Newton said, a little before his death, "I do not know what I may af pear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sen-shore, and diverting myself; now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary,...

...extensive and fruitful field. When Sir Isaac Newton had .nearly reached the close of life, he said, "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but, to myself, I »eem only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting himself in now and then finding a pebble...

...his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment : — " I do not know what I may appear to the World ; but...boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean...

...recognised his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment : ' I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a amoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean...

...humble, that he is reported to have said, a little before his death, — " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only...boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean...

...have reason to feel, that you know but little. Said Sir Isaac Newton, not long before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary,...