Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious Lady that a man had as good be engaged in Law suits as have to do with her.
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Are not the rays of light in passing by the edges and sides of bodies, bent several times backwards and forwards, with a motion like that of an eel? And do not the three fringes of colour'd light arise from three such bendings?
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Is not fire a body heated so hot as to emit light copiously? For what else is a red hot iron than fire? And what else is a burning coal than red hot wood?
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Through algebra you easily arrive at equations, but always to pass therefrom to the elegant constructions and demonstrations which usually result by means of the method of porisms is not so easy, nor is one's ingenuity and power of invention so greatly exercised and refined in this analysis.
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The kingdoms represented by the second and third Beasts, or the Bear and Leopard, are again described by Daniel in his last Prophecy written in the third year of Cyrus over Babylon, the year in which he conquered Persia. For this Prophecy is a commentary upon the Vision of the Ram and He-Goat.
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Daniel was in the greatest credit amongst the Jews, till the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. And to reject his prophecies, is to reject the Christian religion. For this religion is founded upon his prophecy concerning the Messiah.
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Now if light be reflected, not by impinging on the solid parts of bodies, but by some other principle; it's probable that as many of its rays as impinge on the solid parts of bodies are not reflected but stifled and lost in the bodies. For otherwise we must allow two sorts of reflexions. Should all the rays be reflected which impinge on the internal parts of clear water or crystal, those substances would rather have a cloudy colour than a clear transparency. To make bodies look black, it's necessary that many rays be stopp'd, retained, and lost in them; and it seems not probable that any rays can be stopp'd and stifled in them which do not impinge on their parts.
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Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
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