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Quote by Isaac Newton
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or dis

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science. – Isaac Newton

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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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