 | Isaac Newton - 1850 - 456 pagina’s
...determination that it should close the controversy. In a letter to Oldenburg (Nov. 18), he writes: " 1 see I have made myself a slave to philosophy, but if I gel free of Mr Linus's business, I will resolutely bid adieu to it eternally ; excepting what I do... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 776 pagina’s
...my own imprudence for parting with so substantial a blessing as my quiet, to run after a shadow." " I see I have made myself a slave to philosophy ; but if I get free of Mr. Linus'« business, I will resolutely bid adieu to it eternally, excepting what I do for my private... | |
 | Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith - 1856 - 592 pagina’s
...discussion with a Dutch physician by the name of Linus, he writes as follows to one of his friends : "I see I have made myself a .slave to philosophy;...private satisfaction, or leave to come out after me." That sentence represents Sir Isaac to the life. All his pursuits were for his own private satisfaction... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1858 - 158 pagina’s
...philosophical letters that may concern me." And in another letter to Oldenburg a year afterwards, he says " I see I have made myself a slave to philosophy ; but if -I get free of Mr. Linus 's business, I will resolutely bid adieu to it eternally, excepting what I do for my private... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1861 - 834 pagina’s
...have made myself a slave to philosophy.'1 Once free of controversy, " I will bid adíen to philosophy eternally, excepting what I do for my private satisfaction, or leave to come ont after me." He appears at this time to hare thought of studying law, for lie found "mathematical... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1861 - 856 pagina’s
...have made myself a slave to philosophy.1' Once free of controversy, " I will bid adieu to philosophy eternally, excepting what I do for my private satisfaction, or leave to come out after me." He appears at this time to have thought of studying law, for he found "mathematical speculations at... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - 1895 - 476 pagina’s
...opponents, but he relieves his mind in the following letter to the secretary of the Royal Society: " I see I have made myself a slave to philosophy; but if I get free of this present business I will resolutely bid adieu to it eternally, except what I do for my private... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - 1901 - 586 pagina’s
...so substantial a blessing HS my quiet to run after a shallow." Again on Nov. 18, 1676, he observes, "I see I have made myself a slave to philosophy; but, if I get rid of Mr Linus's business, I will resolutely bid ailii-u to it eternally, excepting what I do for... | |
 | American Society for Psychical Research - 1924 - 796 pagina’s
...Nov. 18th, 1676: " I see I have made myself a slave to philosophy, but if I get free of Mr. Lucas' business, I will resolutely bid adieu to it eternally,...satisfaction, or leave to come out after me ; for I see that a man must either resolve to put out nothing new, or to become a slave to defend it." . Galvani... | |
 | John William Navin Sullivan - 1925 - 122 pagina’s
...quiet to run after a shadow.' In a letter of a year later the matter is still rankling. He writes, ' I see I have made myself a slave to philosophy ; but, if I get rid of Mr. Lucas's business, I will resolutely bid adieu to it eternally, excepting what I do for my... | |
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I see I have made myself a slave to Philosophy, but if I get free of Mr Linus' business I will resolutely bid adieu to it eternally, except what I do for my private satisfaction or leave to come out after me. For I see a man must either resolve to put... 
