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Quote by Isaac Newton
I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself no

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. – Isaac Newton

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